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Microcavities and Photonic Bandgaps: Physics and Applications

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Editors:
  1. John Rarity

    1. Defence Research Agency, Malvern, UK

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  2. Claude Weisbuch

    1. Département de physique et laboratoire de physique de la matière condensée, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series E: (NSSE, volume 324)

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Table of contents (54 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Microcavities and Photonic Bandgaps:A summary of Physics and applications

    1. Microcavities and Photonic Bandgaps:A summary of Physics and Applications

      • C. Weisbuch, J. G. Rarity
      Pages 1-10

  3. Planar Semiconductor Microcavities

    1. Cavity-Polaritons In Semiconductor Microcavities

      • R. P. Stanley, R. Houdré, U. Oesterle, P. Pellandini, M. Ilegems
      Pages 11-32

    2. Critical Issues on the Strong Coupling Régime In Semiconductor Microcavities.

      • R. Houdré, R. P. Stanley, U. Oesterle, P. Pellandini, M. Ilegems
      Pages 33-42

    3. Normal-Mode Coupling In Planar Semiconductor Microcavities

      • T. R. Nelson Jr., E. K. Lindmark, D. V. Wick, K. Tai, G. Khitrova, H. M. Gibbs
      Pages 43-57

    4. Dynamical Studies of Cavity Polaritons in Semiconductor Microcavities

      • J. P. Doran, A. L. Bradley, B. Roycroft, T. Aherne, J. Hegarty, R. P. Stanley et al.
      Pages 59-67

    5. Spontaneous Emission Dynamics in Planar Semiconductor Microcavities

      • I. Abram, B. Sermage, S. Long, J. Bloch, R. Planel, V. Thierry-Mieg
      Pages 69-76

    6. Magnetic and Electric Field Effects in Semiconductor Quantum Microcavity Structures

      • T. A. Fisher, A. M. Afshar, D. M. Whittaker, M. S. Skolnick, P. Kinsler, J. S. Roberts et al.
      Pages 77-86

    7. Time Resolved Photoluminescence From A Semiconductor Microcavity

      • F. Tassone, C. Piermarocchi, V. Savona, A. Quattropani, P. Schwendimann
      Pages 87-94

    8. Order of Magnitude Enhanced Spontaneous Emission from Room-Temperature Bulk GaAs

      • R. Jin, M. S. Tobin, R. P. Leavitt, H. M. Gibbs, G. Khitrova, D. Boggavarapu et al.
      Pages 95-103

    9. Optical Double-Resonant Raman Scattering in Semiconductor Planar Microcavities

      • A. Fainstein, B. Jusserand, V. Thierry-Mieg, R. Planel
      Pages 105-114

    10. Second Harmonic Generation in a Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Monolithic Cavity

      • V. Berger
      Pages 115-124

  4. Photonic Bandgap Materials, and Novel Structures

    1. Bandgap Engineering of 3-D Photonic Crystals Operating at Optical Wavelengths

      • V. Arbet-Engels, E. Yablonovitch, C. C. Cheng, A. Scherer
      Pages 125-131

    2. Microcavities in Photonic Crystals

      • Pierre R. Villeneuve, Shanhui Fan, J. D. Joannopoulos
      Pages 133-151

    3. Electromagnetic Study of Photonic Band Structures and Anderson Localization

      • D. Maystre, G. Tayeb, D. Felbacq
      Pages 153-163

    4. Localization of Light In 2D Random Media

      • A. Orłowski, M. Rusek, J. Mostowski
      Pages 165-174

    5. Strategies for the Fabrication of Photonic Microstructures in Semiconductors

      • Richard M. De La Rue, Thomas F. Krauss
      Pages 175-192

    6. GaInAsP/InP 2-Dimensional Photonic Crystals

      • T. Baba, T. Matsuzaki
      Pages 193-202

    7. Bound Modes of Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Waveguides

      • P. ST. J. Russell, D. M. Atkin, T. A. Birks, P. J. Roberts
      Pages 203-218

    8. InAs Quantum Boxes: Active Probes For Air/GaAs Photonic Bandgap Microstructures

      • J. M. Gerard, D. Barrier, J. Y. Marzin
      Pages 219-235
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The control of optical modes in microcavities or in photonic bandgap (PBG) materials is coming of age! Although these ideas could have been developed some time ago, it is only recently that they have emerged, due to advances in both atomic physics and in fabrication techniques, be it on the high-quality dielectric mirrors required for high-finesse Fabry­ Perot resonators or in semiconductor multilayer deposition methods. Initially the principles of quantum electro-dynamics (QED) were demonstrated in elegant atomic physics experiments. Now solid-state implementations are being investigated, with several subtle differences from the atomic case such as those due to their continuum of electronic states or the near Boson nature of their elementary excitations, the exciton. Research into quantum optics brings us ever newer concepts with potential to improve system performance such as photon squeezing, quantum cryptography, reversible taps, photonic de Broglie waves and quantum computers. The possibility of implementing these ideas with solid-state systems gives us hope that some could indeed find their way to the market, demonstrating the continuing importance of basic research for applications, be it in a somewhat more focused way than in earlier times for funding.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Defence Research Agency, Malvern, UK

    John Rarity

  • Département de physique et laboratoire de physique de la matière condensée, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France

    Claude Weisbuch

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