Atom-light interactions in photonic crystals

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Goban, A ^a,b   Hung, C L ^a,b   Yu, S P ^a,b   Hood, J D ^a,b   Muniz, J A ^a,b   Lee, J H ^a,b   Martin, M J ^a,b   McClung, A C ^a,b   Choi, K S ^c   Chang, D E ^d   Painter, O ^b,e   Kimble, H J ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^d ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^e California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL METHOD; RADIATIVE FORCING; REFLECTIVITY;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CRYSTAL; DIPOLE; FORCE; LIGHT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; OPTICS; PHOTON;

EID: 84900027535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4808     Document Type: Article

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