Beaming light from a quantum emitter with a planar optical antenna

Light, Science & Applications
Simona CheccucciCostanza Toninelli

Abstract

The efficient interaction of light with quantum emitters is crucial to most applications in nano and quantum photonics, such as sensing or quantum information processing. Effective excitation and photon extraction are particularly important for the weak signals emitted by a single atom or molecule. Recent works have introduced novel collection strategies, which demonstrate that large efficiencies can be achieved by either planar dielectric antennas combined with high numerical aperture objectives or optical nanostructures that beam emission into a narrow angular distribution. However, the first approach requires the use of elaborate collection optics, while the latter is based on accurate positioning of the quantum emitter near complex nanoscale architectures; hence, sophisticated fabrication and experimental capabilities are needed. Here we present a theoretical and experimental demonstration of a planar optical antenna that beams light emitted by a single molecule, which results in increased collection efficiency at small angles without stringent requirements on the emitter position. The proposed device exhibits broadband performance and is spectrally scalable, and it is simple to fabricate and therefore applies to a wide ran...Continue Reading

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Jan 9, 2020·Nature Communications·René KullockBert Hecht
Mar 3, 2020·Advanced Materials·Yinhui KanSergey I Bozhevolnyi
May 12, 2021·Nature Materials·C ToninelliM Orrit
Jul 27, 2018·ACS Nano·Jinfa HoJoel K W Yang

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