MICRORESONATORS AND PHOTONIC CRYSTALS FOR QUANTUM OPTICS AND SENSING

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dc.contributor.advisorWaks, Edoen_US
dc.contributor.authorSahand, Sinaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentElectrical Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-08-07T05:31:49Z
dc.date.available2008-08-07T05:31:49Z
dc.date.issued2008-07-21en_US
dc.description.abstractThe ability to store and manipulate light on micro-to-nanometer scales opens up doors of opportunity in biological sensing, quantum information, and creating all-optical interconnects on a chip. In this thesis, we present our effort along these directions. We take advantage of silicon nitride photonic crystals and microdisk resonators to confine and manipulate photons in the visible spectrum. We present a novel cavity design to obtain high quality-factor cavities and present our fabrication process. In addition, we present a novel techniques aimed at coupling cadmium-selenide colloidal QDs to photonic crystal cavities and discuss a method for freezing their kinetics through solidifying the liquid. This technique takes advantage of electroosmotic flow in microfluidic channels to control and steer QDs. Moreover, we analyze theoretically some interesting phenomenon, such as, coupling two quantum dots to a cavity.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/8345
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineering, Electronics and Electricalen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineering, Electronics and Electricalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPhotonic Crystalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMicrodisk resonatoren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledQuantum Doten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCouplingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledElectroosmotic flowen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledEnergy Transferen_US
dc.titleMICRORESONATORS AND PHOTONIC CRYSTALS FOR QUANTUM OPTICS AND SENSINGen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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