Emission properties of a defect cavity in a two-dimensional photonic bandgap crystal slab

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 629-633

  Lee, Reginald K ^a   Painter, Oskar ^a   Kitzke, Benjamin ^a   Scherer, Axel ^a   Yariv, Amnon ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LITHOGRAPHY; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHOTONS;

PHOTONIC BANDGAP;

LIGHT EMISSION;

EID: 0001016362     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.000629     Document Type: Article

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