Numerical study of exact Purcell factors in finite-size planar photonic crystal waveguides

Optics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1587-1589

  Rao, V S C Manga ^a   Hughes, S ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER OPTICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

ENHANCED EMISSION; NATURE OF LIGHT; PC WAVEGUIDES; PLANAR PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; PLANAR PHOTONIC-CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDES; PURCELL FACTOR; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE; WAVEGUIDE UNITS;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 48249152725     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.33.001587     Document Type: Article

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12. L. Ramunno (University of Ottawa, Canada) and S. Hughes are preparing a manuscript entitled "Disorder-induced resonance shifts in photonic crystal nanocavities."