Microcavities / Alexey Kavokin [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kavokin, Alexey, 1970- author.

Series:

Oxford science publications.

Oxford science publications

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lasers.

Quantum electrodynamics.

Electromagnetic interactions.

Semiconductors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (449 p.)

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2007]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rapid development of microfabrication and assembly of nanostructures has opened up many opportunities to miniaturize structures that confine light, producing unusual and extremely interesting optical properties. This book addresses the large variety of optical phenomena taking place in confined solid state structures: microcavities. Realisations include planar and pillar microcavities, whispering gallery modes, and photonic crystals. The microcavities represent a unique laboratoryfor quantum optics and photonics. They exhibit a number of beautiful effects including lasing, superfluidity, super

Contents:

Contents; 1 Overview of Microcavities; 1.1 Properties of microcavities; 1.1.1 Q-factor and finesse; 1.1.2 Intracavity field enhancement and field distribution; 1.1.3 Tuneability and mode separation; 1.1.4 Angular mode pattern; 1.1.5 Low-threshold lasing; 1.1.6 Purcell factor and lifetimes; 1.1.7 Strong vs. weak coupling; 1.2 Microcavity realizations; 1.3 Planar microcavities; 1.3.1 Metal microcavities; 1.3.2 Dielectric Bragg mirrors; 1.4 Spherical mirror microcavities; 1.5 Pillar microcavities; 1.6 Whispering-gallery modes; 1.6.1 Two-dimensional whispering galleries

1.6.2 Three-dimensional whispering-galleries1.7 Photonic-crystal cavities; 1.7.1 Random lasers; 1.8 Plasmonic cavities; 1.9 Microcavity lasers; 1.10 Conclusion; 2 Classical description of light; 2.1 Free space; 2.1.1 Light-field dynamics in free space; 2.2 Propagation in crystals; 2.2.1 Plane waves in bulk crystals; 2.2.2 Absorption of light; 2.2.3 Kramers-Kronig relations; 2.3 Coherence; 2.3.1 Statistical properties of light; 2.3.2 Spatial and temporal coherence; 2.3.3 Wiener-Khinchin theorem; 2.3.4 Hanbury Brown-Twiss effect; 2.4 Polarization-dependent optical effects; 2.4.1 Birefringence

2.4.2 Magneto-optical effects2.5 Propagation of light in multilayer planar structures; 2.6 Photonic eigenmodes of planar systems; 2.6.1 Photonic bands of 1D periodic structures; 2.7 Planar microcavities; 2.8 Stripes, pillars, and spheres: photonic wires and dots; 2.8.1 Cylinders and pillar cavities; 2.8.2 Spheres; 2.9 Further reading; 3 Quantum description of light; 3.1 Pictures of quantum mechanics; 3.1.1 Historical background; 3.1.2 Schrödinger picture; 3.1.3 Antisymmetry of the wavefunction; 3.1.4 Symmetry of the wavefunction; 3.1.5 Heisenberg picture; 3.1.6 Dirac (interaction) picture

3.2 Other formulations3.2.1 Density matrix; 3.2.2 Second quantization; 3.2.3 Quantization of the light field; 3.3 Quantum states; 3.3.1 Fock states; 3.3.2 Coherent states; 3.3.3 Glauber-Sudarshan representation; 3.3.4 Thermal states; 3.3.5 Mixture states; 3.3.6 Quantum correlations of quantum fields; 3.3.7 Statistics of the field; 3.3.8 Polarization; 3.4 Outlook on quantum mechanics for microcavities; 3.5 Further reading; 4 Semiclassical description of light-matter coupling; 4.1 Light-matter interaction; 4.1.1 Classical limit; 4.1.2 Einstein coefficients

4.2 Optical transitions in semiconductors4.3 Excitons in semiconductors; 4.3.1 Frenkel and Wannier-Mott excitons; 4.3.2 Excitons in confined systems; 4.3.3 Quantum wells; 4.3.4 Quantum wires and dots; 4.4 Exciton-photon coupling; 4.4.1 Surface polaritons; 4.4.2 Exciton-photon coupling in quantum wells; 4.4.3 Exciton-photon coupling in quantum wires and dots; 4.4.4 Dispersion of polaritons in planar microcavities; 4.4.5 Motional narrowing of cavity polaritons; 4.4.6 Microcavities with quantum wires or dots; 5 Quantum description of light-matter coupling in semiconductors

5.1 Historical background

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

0-19-162073-4

0-19-960227-1

1-281-15019-3

9786611150198

0-19-152796-3

OCLC:

213469934