Photonic crystals for confining, guiding, and emitting light

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 4-11

  Scherer, Axel ^a   Painter, Oskar ^a   Vuckovic, Jelena ^a   Loncar, Marko ^a   Yoshie, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain (FDTD) methods; Light emitting diodes (LEDs); Microcavities; Nanooptics; Photonic bandgap (PBG) materials; Photonic crystal waveguides; Photonic crystals; Quantum well laser; Semiconductor device fabrication; Spontaneous emission

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPTICAL DEVICES;

FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; MICROCAVITIES; NANOOPTICS; PHOTONIC BANDGAP (PBG) MATERIALS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FABRICATION; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 0242584100     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2002.1005421     Document Type: Article

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