Confined Photon Systems Fundamentals and Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Benisty, Henri (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Gerard, Jean-Michel (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Houdre, Romuald (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Rarity, John (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Weisbuch, Claude (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1999.
• Edition: 1st ed. 1999.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 531
• Subjects: Lasers.; Photonics.; Quantum optics.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; Quantum Optics.; Optical and Electronic Materials.

Confined photon system such as microcavities and photonic crystals are currently of great interest, both in terms of fundamental physics and as a result of potential applications. They enable the study of low-dimensional photonic systems, modified light-matter interaction, e.g. between excitons and...

Table of Contents:

• Basics of quantum optics and cavity quantum electrodynamics
• Basics of dipole emission from a planar cavity
• Microscopic theory of the optical semiconductor response near the fundamental absorption edge
• An introduction to photonic crystals
• Linear optical properties of semiconductor microcavities with embedded quantum wells
• Spontaneous emission control and microcavity light emitters
• Cavity QED - where's the Q?
• Quantum optics in semiconductors
• Semiconductor microcavities, quantum boxes and the Purcell effect
• Single photon sources and applications
• Photonic crystals for nonlinear optical frequency conversion
• Physics of light extraction efficiency in planar microcavity light-emitting diodes
• Measuring the optical properties of two-dimensional photonic crystals in the near infrared
• Limitations to optical communications
• Thoughts on quantum computation.