Direction-dependent spontaneous emission from near-infrared quantum dots at the angular band edges of a three-dimensional photonic crystal

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 25, 2007, Pages

  Li, Jiafang ^a   Jia, Baohua ^a   Zhou, Guangyong ^a   Gu, Min ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT EMISSION; QUANTUM OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ANGULAR BAND EDGES; MICROPHOTONIC DEVICES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 37549027978     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2824388     Document Type: Article

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