DocumentCode
1504256
Title
Smallest possible electromagnetic mode volume in a dielectric cavity
Author
Coccioli, R. ; Boroditsky, M. ; Kim, K.W. ; Rahmat-Samii, Y. ; Yablonovitch, E.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Volume
145
Issue
6
fYear
1998
fDate
12/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
391
Lastpage
397
Abstract
In photonic crystals, electromagnetic waves can be confined in all three dimensions leading to very small mode volumes. Computational search has been for smallest electromagnetic mode which occurs in two-dimensional dielectric photonic crystals slabs. The smallest mode volume found was V≈2(λ/2n)3, where n is the refractive index. This small mode volume can lead to significant enhancement of spontaneous emission rates in semiconductor nano-cavities due to the Purcell effect
Keywords
cavity resonators; nanostructured materials; photonic band gap; refractive index; semiconductor quantum dots; spontaneous emission; Purcell effect; dielectric cavity; electromagnetic mode volume; photonic crystals; refractive index; semiconductor nano-cavities; small mode volumes; spontaneous emission rates; three dimensional confinement; two-dimensional dielectric photonic crystal slabs;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Optoelectronics, IEE Proceedings -
Publisher
iet
ISSN
1350-2433
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/ip-opt:19982468
Filename
762379
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