Fractional decay of quantum dots in real photonic crystals

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that fractional decay of quantum dots can be observed in current photonic crystal experiments, especially in inverse opal structures, and analyzes the impact of absorption losses.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of fractional decay in quantum dots within photonic crystals, highlighting experimental feasibility and the effects of absorption.

Findings

Fractional decay is observable with current photonic crystal parameters.

Inverse opal photonic crystals enhance the fractional decay effect.

Absorptive loss limits but does not prohibit the observation of fractional decay.

Abstract

We show that fractional decay may be observable in experiments using quantum dots and photonic crystals with parameters that are currently achievable. We focus on the case of inverse opal photonic crystals and locate the position in the crystal where the effect is most pronounced. Furthermore, we quantify the influence of absorptive loss and show that it is a limiting but not prohibitive effect.