Control of Light in Microresonators

  • Manfred Bayer
  • Alfred Forchel
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Part of the Advances in Solid State Physics Volume 41 book series (ASSP, volume 41)

Abstract

Photonic crystals have been fabricated by coupling microresonators with a three dimensional confinement of light. The photonic band structure, in particular the size of the band gaps, depends strongly on the crystal geometry. The modification of the band structure by implementing defects has been studied in detail. As an example for the control of light-matter interaction in confined photon geometries we discuss the spontaneous emission of quantum dots that are embedded in photonic dots. Both an inhibition and a suppression of the emission could be demonstrated in a new type of metal coated resonators.

Keywords

Photonic Crystal Spontaneous Emission Defect Mode Leaky Mode Spontaneous Emission Rate 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Manfred Bayer
    • 1
  • Alfred Forchel
    • 1
  1. 1.Physikalisches InstitutUniversität Würzburg Am HublandWürzburg

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