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Photonic Structures of Luminescent Semiconductor Nanocrystals and Spherical Microcavities

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This chapter introduces three-dimensional photonic structures of luminescent semiconductor nanocrystals and spherical microcavities made by a layer-by-layer assembly as a versatile bottom-up nanofabrication technique. Fabrication aspects are discussed and fundamental optical properties are presented for these nanostructures where two main concepts of solid-state physics, the complete 3D electronic and photonic confinement are merged. Several applications of hybrid photonic structures as building blocks for coupled optical emitters and waveguides are demonstrated.

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Abbreviations

ABN:

Anti-bonding

ASPL:

Anti-Stokes photoluminescence

BN:

Bonding

FSR:

Free spectral region

GLMT:

Generalized Lorentz-Mie theory

LbL:

Layer-by-layer

LO:

Longitudinal optical

MA:

Mercaptoethylamine

MF:

Melamine formaldehyde

MPD:

3-mercapto-1,2-propanediol

NCs:

Nanocrystals

PDDA:

Poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride)

PE:

Polyelectrolyte

PL:

Photoluminescence

PM:

Photonic molecule

PS:

Polystyrene

PSS:

Poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate)

QY:

Quantum yield

SMTB:

Single-mode tight-binding

TE:

Transverse electric

TGA:

Thioglycolic acid

TM:

Transverse magnetic

TO:

Transverse optical

WGM:

Whispering gallery modes

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We thank Prof. J.J. Boland, Prof. A. Eychmüller, Dr. L. Bradley and Dr. N. Gaponik for helpful discussions and help with experimental arrangements. This work was supported by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) under its CRANN CSET Project PR04 “Photonic Molecules.” ALR acknowledges the Walton Award from the SFI.

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Rakovich, Y.P., Donegan, J.F., Rogach, A.L. (2009). Photonic Structures of Luminescent Semiconductor Nanocrystals and Spherical Microcavities. In: Merhari, L. (eds) Hybrid Nanocomposites for Nanotechnology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30428-1_14

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