Theory of quantum light emission from a strongly-coupled single quantum dot photonic-crystal cavity system

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 3322-3330

  Hughes, S ^a   Yao, R ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; EXCITONS; NANOCRYSTALS; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

CAVITY-MODE EMISSION; EXCITON-CAVITY COUPLING; MODE DECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL CAVITIES; PLANAR PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; SEMICONDUCTOR CAVITY; SINGLE QUANTUM DOT; STRONG-COUPLING REGIME;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 61549107739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.003322     Document Type: Article

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