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ALT'23 The 30th International Conference on Advanced Laser Technologies
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Liquid crystals in quantum optics: Current experiments, applications and future prospects
S. Lukishova
Rochester, NY, USA
Email address: lukishova@hotmail.com
A review will be presented on using liquid crystal properties of molecular alignment and self-assembly into photonic bandgap structures, as well as their high thermo-optical coefficients and electro-optical properties in quantum and nano-photonics. The author's results on single-photon sources with definite polarizations1-4 and collaborative research on using liquid crystals for modeling quantum mechanical tunneling phenom-ena2'5'6 will be overviewed. Future prospects of patterned liquid crystals7-8 will be discussed.
[1] S.G. Lukishova and L.J. Bissell, "Nanophotonic advances for room-temperature single-photon sources", 103-178, in Quantum Photonics: Pioneering Advances and Emerging Applications, R.W. Boyd, S.G. Lukishova, V. Zadkov, Eds, Springer Series in Optical Sciences, Vol. 217, Springer NY, 2019.
[2] S.G. Lukishova, A.C. Liapis, L.J. Bissell, G.M. Gehring, and R.W. Boyd, "Single-photon experiments with liquid crystals for quantum science and quantum engineering applications", Liquid Crystal Reviews, Vol. 2, No. 2, 111-129 (2014).
[3] S.G. Lukishova, L.J. Bissell, J. Winkler, C.R. Stroud, Jr, "Resonance in quantum dot fluorescence in a photonic-bandgap liquid crystal host", Opt. Lett., Vol. 37 Iss. 7, 1259-1261 (2012).
[4] S.G. Lukishova, A.C. Liapis, H. Zhu, E. Hebert, K. Kuyk, S. Choudhary, R.W. Boyd, Z. Wang, L.J. Bissell,"Plasmonic nanoantennas with liquid crystals for nanocrystal fluorescence enhancement and polarization selectivity of classical and quantum light sources", Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. Vol. 657, 173-183 (2017).
[5] G.M. Gehring, A.C. Liapis, S.G. Lukishova, and R.W. Boyd, "Time-domain measurements of reflection delay in frustrated total internal reflection", Phys. Rev. Lett. Vol. 111, 030404 (2013).
[6] A.C. Liapis, G.M. Gehring, S.G. Lukishova, and R.W. Boyd, "Temporal reshaping of single photon wave packets using cholesteric liquid crystals", paper LTu4J.7, Technical Digest on CD, Frontiers in Optics/Laser Science Conference, 14-18 October, 2012, Rochester NY.
[7] L. Marucci, E. Nagali, F. Sciarrino, L. Sansoni, F. De Martini, B. Piccirillo, E. Karimi, and E. Santamato, "Photonic quantum information applications of patterned liquid crystals", Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., Vol. 526, 108-118 (2010).
[8] M.V. Gorkunov, I.V. Kasyanova, V.V. Artemov, A.A. Ezhov, A.V. Mamonova, I.V. Simdyankin, S.P. Palto, "Liquid-crystal metasurfaces self-assembled on focused ion beam patterned polymer layers: electro-optical control of light diffraction and transmission", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol. 12. 30815—30823 (2020).
