Authors:	A. Dhakal, A. Subramanian, N. Le Thomas, R. Baets
Title:	The role of index contrast in the efficiency of absorption and emission of a luminescent particle near a slab waveguide
Format:	International Conference Proceedings
Publication date:	4/2012
Journal/Conference/Book:	16th European Conference on Integrated Optics (ECIO 2012)
Volume(Issue):	p.paper 131
Location:	Barcelona, Spain
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Abstract

The effect of waveguide index contrast on the absorption of the guided field by a luminescent particle near the core of a slab waveguide is analyzed, together with the Purcell- enhancement of the spontaneous luminescence and it’s coupling back into the guided mode. The overall conversion efficiency is strongest for excitation by a TM-pump and coupling of fluorescent light to the TM-mode and depends approximately quadratically on the index contrast.