Spontaneous emission of quantum dot excitons into surface plasmons in a nanowire

被引：52

作者：

Chen, Guang-Yin ^{[3
]}

Chen, Yueh-Nan ^{[1
,2
]}

Chun, Der-San ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Cheng Kung Univ, Dept Phys, Tainan 701, Taiwan

[2] Natl Cheng Kung Univ, Natl Ctr Theoret Sci, Tainan 701, Taiwan

[3] Natl Chiao Tung Univ, Inst Phys, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan

[4] Natl Chiao Tung Univ, Dept Electrophys, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2008年 / 33卷 / 19期

关键词：

Quantum entanglement - Maxwell equations - Spontaneous emission - Excitons - Nanowires - Semiconductor quantum dots - Nanocrystals;

D O I：

10.1364/OL.33.002212

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

The spontaneous emission (SE) of quantum dot (QD) excitons into surface plasmons in a cylindrical nanowire is investigated theoretically. Maxwell's equations with appropriate boundary conditions are solved numerically to obtain the dispersion relations of surface plasmons. The SE rate of QD excitons is found to be greatly enhanced at certain values of the exciton bandgap. Application in generation of remote entangled states via superradiance is also pointed out and may be observable with current technology. (C) 2008 Optical Society of America

引用

页码：2212 / 2214

页数：3

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