Finite-difference time-domain calculation of the spontaneous emission coupling factor in optical microcavities

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1168-1175

  Vučković, Jelena ^a   Painter, Oskar ^a   Xu, Yong ^a   Yariv, Amnon ^a   Scherer, Axel ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PERMITTIVITY; PHOTONS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN CALCULATION; MICRODISK LASER; OPTICAL MICROCAVITIES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL CAVITY; SEMICONDUCTOR ACTIVE MEDIUM; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION COUPLING FACTOR;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 0041581260     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.777216     Document Type: Article

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