Smallest possible electromagnetic mode volume in a dielectric cavity

IEE Proceedings: Optoelectronics

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 391-396

  Coccioli, R ^a   Boroditsky, M ^a   Kim, K W ^a   Rahmat Samii, Y ^a   Yablonovitch, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic waves; Mode valions; Photonic crystals. Spontaneous emission; Piircell effect

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

DIELECTRIC PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SLABS; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODE VOLUME; PURCELL EFFECT;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 0032259885     PISSN: 13502433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-opt:19982468     Document Type: Article

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