Three-dimensional photonic-crystal cavity with an embedded quantum dot as a nonclassical light emitter

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 5146-5153

  Ben, Yu ^a   Hao, Zhibiao ^a   Sun, Changzheng ^a   Ren, Fan ^a   Tan, Ning ^a   Luo, Yi ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT EMISSION; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTIMIZATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

CAVITY QUANTUM DOT SYSTEM; EMBEDDED QUANTUM DOTS; MICROSTRUCTURE DEVICES; PHOTON GUNS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 9144244426     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.005146     Document Type: Article

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