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Basics of dipole emission from a planar cavity

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Confined Photon Systems

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This chapter discusses, in a tutorial way, the basic theory of electromagnetic emission by a dipole in a planar cavity, which is representative for the spontaneous emission in micro-cavity LED’s. We start from the expansion of a point source field into plane waves. Then the enhancement and inhibition effects of a cavity upon plane wave components are introduced. Next. the vectorial aspects af dealing with a dipole field are discussed, as well as the effects caused by the use of realistic mirrors. Finally we describe the effect of the cavity upon the carrier lifetime and give a discussion of guided modes. More in particular the plane wave decomposition and normal mode decomposition are confronted with each other.

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    R. Baets, P. Bienstman & R. Bockstaele

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Henri Benisty Claude Weisbuch École Polytechnique Jean-Michel Gérard Romuald Houdré John Rarity

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Baets, R., Bienstman, P., Bockstaele, R. (1999). Basics of dipole emission from a planar cavity. 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/BFb0104380

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