Modified spontaneous emission from a two-dimensional photonic bandgap crystal slab

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1438-1442

  Lee, Reginald K ^a   Xu, Yong ^a   Yariv, Amnon ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT EMISSION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

EID: 0034374271     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.001438     Document Type: Article

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