Spontaneous emission control in semiconductor microcavities with metallic or bragg mirrors

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-76

  Abram, I ^a   Robert, I ^a   Kuszelewicz, R ^a  

^a ORANGE LABS   (France)

Author keywords

Distributed Bragg reflector lasers; Fabry Perot resonators; Microresonators; Spontaneous emission

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EMISSION; MIRRORS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR LASERS; FABRY-PEROT RESONATORS; MICRORESONATORS; SEMICONDUCTOR MICROCAVITIES; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION CONTROL;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 0031674566     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.655009     Document Type: Article

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