Photonic Crystals

  • T. Baba
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Abstract

Photonic crystals are artificial nanostructures constructed from optical atoms arranged in a background medium with a period on the order of half the optical wavelength [1]. They are of great interest since those made of semiconductors have the possibility of spontaneous emission control, which allows thresholdless operation of laser diodes. A large refractive-index contrast between semiconductor and air provides a wide photonic band gap, which means a frequency range that inhibits the existence of modes. Figure 4.4.1 schematically illustrates a photonic crystal of various dimensions, and the corresponding wavevector space of cavity modes and that of the emission spectrum, both inhibited by each photonic band gap.

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Photonic Crystal Spontaneous Emission Defect Mode Leaky Mode Dipole Anisotropy 
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