title: Assembly of hybrid photonic architectures from nanophotonic constituents.
abstract: The assembly of hybrid nanophotonic devices from different fundamental photonic entities--such as single molecules, nanocrystals, semiconductor quantum dots, nanowires and metal nanoparticles--can yield functionalities that exceed those of the individual subunits. Combining these photonic elements requires nanometre-scale fabrication precision and potentially involves a material diversity that is incompatible with standard nanotechnological processes. Although merging these different systems on a single hybrid platform is at present challenging, it promises improved performance and novel devices. Particularly rapid progress is seen in the combination of plasmonic-dielectric constituents with quantum emitters that can be assembled on demand into fundamental model systems for future optical elements.
authors.affiliation: Nano-Optik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstrasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany. oliver.benson@physik.hu-berlin.de
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Benson
mesh_terms: D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D017785:Photons