Hyperbolic Metamaterial with Quantum Dots for Enhanced Emission and Collection Efficiencies

Abstract Bright, room‐temperature stable, on‐demand, and highly directional light sources are essential for quantum optical technologies. A design methodology to enhance the emission and collection efficiencies for given collection optics is proposed and demonstrated. Hyperbolic metamaterials (HMMs) offer manipulation of local density of states to improve the emission as well as coupling of emission to high‐K modes. However, metallic losses limit the efficiencies achieved. The HMM structure designed for large, broadband Purcell enhancement with limited metallic losses as well as HMM and antenna design to optimize the collection efficiency is presented. 200 times emission enhancement is reported from CdSeS/ZnS core/shell alloyed quantum dots embedded in a planar HMM structure with cylindrical silver (Ag) patch antenna on the top. 40% collection efficiency is demonstrated for a lens with a numerical aperture of 0.9 and the emission enhancement is about an order of magnitude higher than the previous reports.