Uran, C.Erdem, T.Guzelturk, B.Perkgöz, N. K.Jun, S.Jang, E.Demir, Hilmi Volkan2015-07-282015-07-2820140003-6951http://hdl.handle.net/11693/12547In this work, we demonstrate a proof-of-concept system for generating highly polarized light from colloidal quantum dots (QDs) coupled with magnetically aligned segmented Au/Ni/Au nanowires (NWs). Optical characterizations reveal that the optimized QD-NW coupled structures emit highly polarized light with an s-to p-polarization (s/p) contrast as high as 15: 1 corresponding to a degree of polarization of 0.88. These experimental results are supported by the finite-difference time-domain simulations, which demonstrate the interplay between the inter-NW distance and the degree of polarization.EnglishLiquid-crystalsManipulationLithographyArticle10.1063/1.48979711077-3118