title: Fiber-coupled semiconductor waveguides as an efficient optical interface to a single quantum dipole.
abstract: We theoretically investigate the interaction of a single quantum dipole with the modes of a fiber-coupled semiconductor waveguide. Through a combination of tight modal confinement and phase-matched evanescent coupling, we predict that approximately 70% of the dipole's emission can be collected into a single-mode optical fiber. We further show that the dipole strongly modifies resonant light transmission through the system, with a change of over 1 order of magnitude for an appropriate choice of fiber-waveguide coupler geometry.
authors.affiliation: Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA. mdavanco@nist.gov
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Davanço
authors.forename: Kartik
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Srinivasan