Energy Efficiency

  Polariton Lasing by Intra-cavity Pumping in the Strong-Coupling Limit and Enhancement of Molecular Fluorescence in Critically Coupled Resonators (Watch Video) Speaker: Vladimir Bulovic, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Date: September 14, 2011 Event: Solid-State Lighting Science Workshop in Novel Emitters and Nanostructured Materials Abstract: The strongly coupled states of light and matter in microcavities, known [...]

  Spontaneous Coherence and Spin Texture in a Cold Exciton Gas (Watch Video) Speaker: Leonid Butov, University of California, San Diego Date: September 14, 2011 Event: Solid-State Lighting Science Workshop in Novel Emitters and Nanostructured Materials Abstract: An indirect exciton is a bound pair of an electron and a hole confined in spatially separated layers. [...]

Quantum Optics with a Single Semiconductor Quantum Dot (Watch Video) Speaker: Weng Chow, EFRC Scientist Date: September 14, 2011 Event: Solid-State Lighting Science Workshop in Novel Emitters and Nanostructured Materials Abstract: There is recent interest in strong light-matter interaction in semiconductors and its uses in optoelectronics. Exploring these possibilities requires extending the Jaynes-Cummings model to [...]

  ‘Giant’ Nanocrystal Quantum Dots: A New Class of Optical Nanomaterials for Light Emission Applications (Video Pending) Speaker: Jennifer Hollingsworth, Los Alamos National Laboratory Date: September 14, 2011 Event: Solid-State Lighting Science Workshop in Novel Emitters and Nanostructured Materials

III-Nitride Nanowires: Novel Emitters for Lighting   (Watch Video) Speaker: George Wang, EFRC Thrust Leader Date: September 14, 2011 Event: Solid-State Lighting Science Workshop in Novel Emitters and Nanostructured Materials Abstract: 1D nanostructures, such as nanowires and nanorods, based on the III nitride (AlGaInN) materials system have attracted attention as potential nanoscale building blocks in [...]