Enhanced spontaneous emission observed at one-dimensional photonic band edges

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-50

  Kuroda, Keiji ^a,b   Sawada, Tsutomu ^a   Kuroda, Takashi ^a   Watanabe, Kenji ^a   Sakoda, Kazuaki ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGEN; OXYGEN VACANCIES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; TANTALUM;

EMISSION PEAKS; ENHANCED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; EXCITATION INTENSITY; EXCITATION SPECTRUM; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; LIGHT EMITTERS; NONLINEAR EFFECT; ONE DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; PERIODIC MULTILAYERS; PHOTON DENSITIES; PHOTONIC BAND EDGE; PHOTONIC BANDS; POLARIZED EMISSIONS; SMALL GROUPS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 75149155062     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.000045     Document Type: Article

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