Quantum theory of spontaneous emission in multilayer dielectric structures

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Creatore, Celestino ^a,b   Andreani, Lucio Claudio ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MULTILAYERS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; QUANTUM THEORY; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; WAVEGUIDES;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ASYMMETRIC CONFIGURATIONS; EMISSION RATES; ER3+ IONS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCES; HIGHLY INTEGRATED; LOCAL DENSITY OF STATES; LOSSLESS; MULTIFUNCTIONAL DEVICES; MULTILAYER DIELECTRICS; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; ORTHONORMAL SETS; PERTURBATION THEORIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SIGNALS; QUANTUM INTERFERENCES; RADIATIVE STATES; SILICON ON INSULATORS; SILICON WAVEGUIDES; SLOT WAVEGUIDES; SPATIAL MODES; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION RATES; TELECOM WAVELENGTHS;

MODEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 57949092362     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.78.063825     Document Type: Article

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