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Light Emission in Photonic Crystal Micro-Cavities

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The creation of light has pre-occupied mankind, probably ever since cave men came to control fire. Since the invention of the electric light bulb, there have already been several revolutions in our ability to control light. One of these has been stimulated emission which gave rise to lasers. There have been many other developments recently which involve control over amplitude and phase of electromagnetic waves, including for example photon number state squeezing1.

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  1. UCLA Electrical Engineering Dept., 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90024-1594, USA

    Eli Yablonovitch

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  2. Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France

    Claude Weisbuch

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Yablonovitch, E. (1995). Light Emission in Photonic Crystal Micro-Cavities. In: Burstein, E., Weisbuch, C. (eds) Confined Electrons and Photons. NATO ASI Series, vol 340. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1963-8_20

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