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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR)

Quantum Dots on an Optical Nanofiber Tip for Quantum Photonics

M. R. Resmi, Elaganuru Bashaiah, Ramachandrarao Yalla

Published Aug 4, 2024• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate the coupling of fluorescence photons from quantum dots (QD) into an optical nanofiber tip (ONFT). We measure photon counts and the emission spectrum from QDs. Additionally, we perform simulations of the proposed system. © 2024 The Author(s)
DOI
10.1109/cleo-pr60912.2024.10676704

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