Highly anisotropic decay rates of single quantum dots in photonic crystal membranes

Q. Wang*, S. Stobbe, H. Thyrrestrup, H. Hofmann, M. Kamp, T. W. Schlereth, Sven Höfling, P. Lodahl

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Abstract

We have measured the variation of the spontaneous emission rate with polarization for self-assembled single quantum dots in two-dimensional photonic crystal membranes. We observe a maximum anisotropy factor of 6 between the decay rates of the two bright exciton states. This large anisotropy is attributed to the substantially different projected local density of optical states for differently oriented dipoles in the photonic crystal. (C) 2010 Optical Society of America

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2768-2770
Number of pages3
JournalOptics Letters
Volume35
Issue number16
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Aug 2010

Keywords

  • SPONTANEOUS EMISSION

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