Radiative emission enhancement using nano-antennas made of hyperbolic metamaterial resonators
- Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
A hyperbolic metamaterial (HM) resonator is analyzed as a nano-antenna for enhancing the radiative emission of quantum emitters in its vicinity. It has been shown that the spontaneous emission rate by an emitter near a hyperbolic metamaterial substrate is enhanced dramatically due to very large density of states. However, enhanced coupling to the free-space, which is central to applications such as solid-state lighting, has not been investigated significantly. Here, we numerically demonstrate approximately 100 times enhancement of the free-space radiative emission at 660 nm wavelength by utilizing a cylindrical HM resonator with a radius of 54 nm and a height of 80 nm on top of an opaque silver-cladded substrate. We also show how the free-space radiation enhancement factor depends on the dipole orientation and the location of the emitter near the subwavelength resonator. Furthermore, we calculate that an array of HM resonators with subwavelength spacings can maintain most of the enhancement effect of a single resonator.
- Research Organization:
- Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). EFRC for Solid State Lighting Science (SSLS)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 1384395
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 105, Issue 12; Related Information: SSLS partners with Sandia National Laboratories (lead); California Institute of Technology; University of California, Irvine, Merced, and Santa Barbara; Los Alamos National Laboratory; University of New Mexico; Northwestern University; Philips Lumileds Lighting; ISSN 0003-6951
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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