Bullseye dielectric cavities for photon collection from a surface-mounted quantum-light-emitter

Hekmati, Reza, Hadden, John P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5407-6754, Mathew, Annie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3233-5609, Bishop, Samuel G., Lynch, Stephen A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9818-2284 and Bennett, Anthony J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5386-3710 2023. Bullseye dielectric cavities for photon collection from a surface-mounted quantum-light-emitter. Scientific Reports 13 (1) , 5316. 10.1038/s41598-023-32359-0

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Abstract

Coupling light from a point source to a propagating mode is an important problem in nano-photonics and is essential for many applications in quantum optics. Circular “bullseye” cavities, consisting of concentric rings of alternating refractive index, are a promising technology that can achieve near-unity coupling into a first lens. Here we design a bullseye structure suitable for enhancing the emission from dye molecules, 2D materials and nano-diamonds positioned on the surface of these cavities. A periodic design of cavity, meeting the Bragg scattering condition, achieves a Purcell factor of 22.5 and collection efficiency of 80%. We also tackle the more challenging task of designing a cavity for coupling to a low numerical aperture fibre in the near field. Finally, using an iterative procedure, we study how the collection efficiency varies with apodised (non-periodic) rings.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Advanced Research Computing @ Cardiff (ARCCA) Engineering Physics and Astronomy
Additional Information:	License information from Publisher: LICENSE 1: URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, Type: open-access
Publisher:	Nature Research
Funders:	EPSRC
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	3 April 2023
Date of Acceptance:	27 March 2023
Last Modified:	29 Jun 2024 11:10
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/158288

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