| Project ID |
BPN458 |
| Website |
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| Start Date |
Thu 2008-Jul-17 16:21:33 |
| Last Updated |
Tue 2013-Jan-29 12:48:04 |
| Abstract |
Spontaneous emission has been considered slower and weaker than stimulated emission. As a
result, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have only been used in applications with bandwidth < 1 GHz.
Spontaneous emission is inefficient because the radiating dipole is much smaller than wavelength and
such short dipoles are poor radiators. By attaching an optical antenna to the radiating dipole at the
nanoscale, the emission rate can be significantly increased enabling high modulation bandwidths
theoretically >100 GHz. This project focuses on the physical demonstration of this new type of
nanophotonic device. Current fabrication and experimental results will be presented. |
| Status |
Continuing |
| Funding Source |
Federal |
| IAB Research Area |
NanoPlasmonics, Microphotonics & Imaging |
| Researcher(s) |
Michael Eggleston, Seth Fortuna |
| Advisor(s) |
Ming C. Wu |
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