Nano-optomechanical characterization and manipulation of photonic crystals

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 253-261

  Mujumdar, Sushil ^a,b   Koenderink, A Femius ^a,c   Wüest, Robert ^a   Sandoghdar, Vahid ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Optical microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); Photonic crystals; Scanning near field optical microscope; Scanning near field optical microscopy (SNOM); Spontaneous emission

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MEMS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

HIGH RESOLUTION VISUALIZATION; NANOSCOPIC EMITTER; OPTICAL MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 34247532485     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.893744     Document Type: Article

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