Dipole lifetime in stratified media

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 412-421

  Danz, Norbert ^a   Waldhäusl, Ralf ^a   Bräuer, Andreas ^a   Kowarschik, Richard ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; LIGHT EMISSION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ELECTRIC DIPOLES;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0013228187     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.000412     Document Type: Article

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