Modified spontaneous-emission rate in an inverted-opal structure with complete photonic bandgap

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3013-3018

  Hermann, Christian ^a   Hess, Ortwin ^a,b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ENERGY GAP; PHOTONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

PHOTONIC BANDGAP;

SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

EID: 0038200972     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.003013     Document Type: Article

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