Very large spontaneous-emission β factors in photonic-crystal waveguides

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Lecamp, G ^a   Lalanne, P ^a   Hugonin, J P ^a  

^a INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROCAVITIES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTONS; RESONANCE; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

BLOCH MODE FORMALISM; MICROCAVITY EFFECTS; RADIATION MODES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 34547191654     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.023902     Document Type: Article

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