Photonic band gap quantum well and quantum box structures: A high-Q resonant cavity

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 68, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 3233-3235

  Lin, Shawn Yu ^a   Hietala, V M ^a   Lyo, S K ^a   Zaslavsky, A ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ENERGY GAP; MILLIMETER WAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CAVITY MODAL FREQUENCY; HIGH QUALITY RESONANT CAVITY; LINEWIDTH; PHOTONIC BAND GAP RESONANT CAVITY; QUANTUM BOX; REFLECTIVITY;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

EID: 0030567556     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.116558     Document Type: Article

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