Design of microcavities in diamond-based photonic crystals by Fourier- and real-space analysis of cavity fields

Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 150-162

  Riedrich Möller, Janine ^a   Neu, Elke ^a   Becher, Christoph ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Color centers; Diamond; Microcavities; Photonic crystals; Q factor

Indexed keywords

COLOR CENTERS; DIAMOND FILMS; DIAMONDS; MICROCAVITIES; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; SYNTHETIC DIAMONDS;

CAVITY STRUCTURE; DIAMOND MEMBRANES; FIELD DISTRIBUTION; HIGH QUALITY FACTORS; MATERIAL ABSORPTION; Q-FACTORS; REAL-SPACE ANALYSIS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 79951680110     PISSN: 15694410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.photonics.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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