Microcavities and Photonic Bandgaps: Physics and Applications

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Preface. Microcavities and photonic bandgaps: A summary of physics and applications C. Weisbuch, J.G. Rarity. Planar Semiconductor Microcavities. Cavity-polaritons in semiconductor microcavities R.P. Stanley, et al. Critical issues on the strong coupling regime in semiconductor microcavities R. Houdre, et al. Normal-mode coupling in planar semiconductor microcavities T.R. Nelson, Jet al. Dynamical studies of cavity polaritons in semiconductor microcavities: Pump probe measurements and time-resolved photoluminescence J.P. Doran, et al. Spontaneous emission dynamics in planar semiconductor microcavities I. Abram, et al. Magnetic and electric field effects in semiconductor quantum microcavity structures T.A. Fisher, et al. Time resolved photoluminescence from a semiconductor microcavity: Temperature dependence and role of leaky modes F. Tassone, et al. Order of magnitude enhanced spontaneous emission from room-temperature bulk GaAs R. Jin, et al. Optical double-resonant Raman scattering in semiconductor planar microcavities A. Fainstein, et al. Second harmonic generation in a metal-semiconductor-metal monolithic cavity V. Berger. Photonic Bandgap Materials, and Novel Structures. Bandgap engineering of 3-D photonic crystals operating at optical wavelengths V. Arbet-Engels, et al. Microcavities in photonic crystals P.R. Villeneuve, et al. Electromagnetic study of photonic band structures and Anderson localization D. Maystre, et al. Localization of light in 2D random media A. Orlowski, et al. Strategies for the fabrication of photonic microstructures in semiconductors R. M. De La Rue, T.F. Krauss. GaInAsP/InP 2-dimensional photonic crystals T. Baba, T. Matsuzaki. Bound modes oftwo-dimensional photonic crystal waveguides P.St.J. Russel, et al. InAs quantum boxes: Active probes for air/GaAs photonic bandgap microstructures J.M. Gerard, et al. Spontaneous emission and nonlinear effects in photonic band gap materials M.D. Tocci, et al. Guided modes in a 2D photonic-band-gap material: Advantages over the 1D case H. Benisty. Photonic atoms: Enhanced light coupling A. Serpenguzel, et al. Photonic surfaces W.L. Barnes, et al. The opal-semiconductor system as a possible photonic bandgap material S.G. Romanov, C.M. Sotomayor Torres. Partial photonic bandgaps in Bragg directions in polystyrene colloidal crystals C.E. Cameron, et al. Characterising whispering-gallery modes in microspheres using a near-field probe J.C. Knight, et al. Numerical method for calculating spontaneous emission rate near a surface using Green's functions F. Wijnands, et al. Microcavity effects in Er3+-doped optical fibres: Alteration of spontaneous emission from 2D fibre microcavities P.M.W. Skovgaard, et al. Decay time and spectrum of rare earth fluorescence in silvered microfibers H. Zbinden, et al. Device Applications. Commercial light emitting diode technology: Status, trends, and possible future performance M.G. Craford. Resonant cavity LED's: Design, fabrication and analysis of high efficiency LED's H. De Neve, et al. High efficiency resonant cavity LED's N.E.J. Hunt, E.F. Schubert. II-VI resonant cavity light emitting diodes for the mid-infrared J. Bleuse, et al. Carrier and photon dynamics in semiconductor microdisk lasers U. Mohideen, R.E. Slusher. Spontaneous emission control in long wavelength semiconductor micropost lasers A. Karlsson, et al. Vertical-cavity surface-emittin