Spontaneous emission and coupled-mode theory in multimode 1-D systems with contradirectional coupling

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 204-212

  Benisty, Henri ^a   Khayam, Omer ^b  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b INFINERA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled mode theory; mini stopband; multimode waveguide; spontaneous emission; waveguide

Indexed keywords

CONTRA-DIRECTIONAL COUPLING; COUPLED MODE THEORY; D-SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MULTI-MODE WAVEGUIDES; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; MULTIMODES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE; SOURCE TERMS; STOPBAND; WAVEGUIDE MODE;

LASER OPTICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 78751657747     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2010.2076335     Document Type: Article

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