Spontaneous emission in microcavities with distributed mirrors

This paper presents an analytic approach to spontaneous emission in resonators with distributed Bragg reflectors (DBR's). The foundation of our analysis is the hard mirror (or penetration depth) approximation. Which we extend to radiation with both angular and frequency distributions. This has...

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Published in:	IEEE journal of quantum electronics Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 399 - 410
Main Authors:	Ram, R.J., Babid, D.I., York, Y.A., Bowers, J.E.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY IEEE 01-02-1995 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Subjects:	Applied sciences Atomic measurements Boundary conditions Circuit properties Distributed Bragg reflectors Electric, optical and optoelectronic circuits Electronics Exact sciences and technology Frequency Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications) Lasers Microcavities Microwave circuits, microwave integrated circuits, microwave transmission lines, submillimeter wave circuits Mirrors Optical resonators Optics Optoelectronic devices Physics Reflectivity Semiconductor electronics. Microelectronics. Optoelectronics. Solid state devices Semiconductor lasers; laser diodes Spontaneous emission Surface resistance Optical microcavity Spontaneous emission Semiconductor lasers Distributed Bragg reflection Microwave radiation Theoretical study Microwave circuit Resonance Experimental study Microcavity
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Summary:	This paper presents an analytic approach to spontaneous emission in resonators with distributed Bragg reflectors (DBR's). The foundation of our analysis is the hard mirror (or penetration depth) approximation. Which we extend to radiation with both angular and frequency distributions. This has allowed us to derive approximate analytic expressions for the divergence angle of the spontaneous emission, the spontaneous emission rate and the spontaneous emission coupling factor in planar DBR resonators. These analytic tools provide insight into the considerable limitations to controlling spontaneous emission with DBR boundaries. We also explore cavity controlled spontaneous emission with the classical tools of intracavity field profiles, the induced EMF method and millimeter wave experiments-all of which are applied to distributed mirror boundaries.< >
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ISSN:	0018-9197 1558-1713
DOI:	10.1109/3.348071