Spontaneous lifetime in a dielectrically-apertured Fabry-Perot microcavity

Optics Express

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 157-162

  Deng, Q ^a   Deppe, D G ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; LASER RESONATORS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OXIDATION;

INDEX-CONFINEMENT; SPONTANEOUS LIFETIME; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS;

SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

EID: 0043121473     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.2.000157     Document Type: Article

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