Three-dimensional FDTD simulation of micro-pillar microcavity geometries suitable for efficient single-photon sources

Y-LD Ho; T Cao; P Ivanov; MJ Cryan; IJ Craddock; CJ Railton; JG Rarity

doi:10.1109/JQE.2007.897905

Three-dimensional FDTD simulation of micro-pillar microcavity geometries suitable for efficient single-photon sources

Y-LD Ho, T Cao, P Ivanov, MJ Cryan, IJ Craddock, CJ Railton, JG Rarity

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We present the results of calculations of the microcavity mode structure of distributed-Bragg-reflector (DBR) micro-pillar microcavities of group III-V semiconductor materials. These structures are suitable for making single photon sources when a single quantum dot is located at the center of a wavelength scale cavity. The 3-D finite difference time domain (FDTD) method is our primary simulation tool and results are validated against semi-analytic models. We show that high light extraction efficiencies can be achieved (>90%) limited by sidewall scattering and leakage. Using radial trench DBR microcavities or 2-D photonic crystal structures, we can further suppress sidewall emission, however, light is then redirected into other leaky modes

Translated title of the contribution	Three-Dimensional FDTD simulation of micro-pillar microcavity geometries suitable for efficient single-photon sources
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	462 - 472
Number of pages	11
Journal	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
Volume	43
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2007.897905
Publication status	Published - Jun 2007

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Publisher: Insitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Rose publication type: Journal article

Sponsorship: This work was supported in part by the EPSRC IRC in Quantum Information Processing
and by the European Commission under the Integrated Project Qubit Applications.
The work of J.G. Rarity was supported by the Royal Society through a Wolfson Merit Award

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Keywords

Bragg reflection
cavity quantum electrodynamics
light confinement
optical microcavities
photonic bandgaps
quantum dots
spontaneous emission modification

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