From modal control to spontaneous emission and gain in photonic crystal waveguides

Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-11

  Benisty, H ^a,b   David, A ^a   Martinelli, L ^a   Viasnoff Schwoob, E ^b   Weisbuch, C ^b   Duan, G H ^c   Janiak, K ^d   Heidrich, H ^d  

^a INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DE LA MATIÈRE CONDENSÉE   (France)

^c ALCATEL THALES III V LAB   (France)

^d FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Confinement; Gain; Photonic crystal; Radiation losses; Spontaneous emission; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

DEMULTIPLEXING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

CONFINEMENT; GAIN; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; RADIATION LOSSES;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 31444445069     PISSN: 15694410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.photonics.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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