Angular distribution of the spontaneous emission in a planar dielectric dye microcavity

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1556-1575

  Ciancaleoni, S ^a   Mataloni, P ^a   Jedrkiewicz, O ^a   De Martini, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

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EID: 0043184020     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.001556     Document Type: Article

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