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Spontaneous emission control and microcavity light emitters

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Ho, S.T., Wang, L., Park, S. (1999). Spontaneous emission control and microcavity light emitters. In: Benisty, H., Weisbuch, C., Polytechnique, É., Gérard, JM., Houdré, R., Rarity, J. (eds) Confined Photon Systems. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 531. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0104384

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