ISBN: 3-540-66435-1
TITLE: Confined Photon Systems
AUTHOR: Benisty, Henri; Gerard, Jean-Michel; Houdre, Romuald; Rarity, John; Weisbuch, Claude (Eds.)
TOC:

Basics of Quantum Optics and Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics
C. Fabre 1
Basics of Dipole Emission from a Planar Cavity
R. Baets, P. Bienstman and R. Bockstaele 38
Microscopic Theory of the Optical Semiconductor Response Near the Fundamental Absorption Edge
S. W. Koch 80
An Introduction to Photonic Crystals
J. D. Joannopoulos 150
Linear Optical Properties of Semiconductor Microcavities with Embedded Quantum Wells
V. Savona 173
Spontaneous Emission Control and Microcavity Light Emitters
S.-T. Ho, L. Wang and S. Park 243
Cavity QED - Where's the Q?
C. J. Hood, T. W. Lynn, M. S. Chapman, H. Mabuchi, J. Ye and H. J. Kimble 298
Quantum Optics in Semiconductors
A. Imamoglu 310
Semiconductor Microcavities, Quantum Boxes, and the Purcell Effect
J.-M. Grard and B. Gayral 331
Single Photon Sources and Applications
J. G. Rarity, S. C. Kitson and P. R. Tapster 352
Photonic Crystals for Nonlinear Optical Frequency Conversion
V. Berger 366
Physics of Light Extraction Efficiency in Planar Microcavity Light-Emitting Diodes
H. Benisty 393
Measuring the Optical Properties of Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystals in the Near-Infrared
D. Labilloy, H. Benisty, C. Weisbuch, T. F. Krauss, C. J. M. Smith, R. M. De La Rue, D. Cassagne, C. Jouanin, R. Houdr and U. Oesterle 406
Limitations to Optical Communications
J. E. Midwinter 426
Thoughts on Quantum Computing
D. P. DiVincenzo 482
Index 493
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