Spontaneous-emission control by photonic crystals and nanocavities

Nature Photonics

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 449-458

  Noda, Susumu ^a   Fujita, Masayuki ^a   Asano, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DEFECTS; CAVITY QUALITY FACTOR; EMISSION EFFICIENCIES; LIGHT EMITTERS; PHOTONIC NANOCAVITIES; PURCELL EFFECT; QUANTUM-INFORMATION SYSTEMS; STRONG-COUPLING;

EMISSION CONTROL; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 34547645385     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2007.141     Document Type: Review

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