Microcavities
- 2nd ed.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017
- xxx, 592 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Series on semiconductor science and technology ; no. 21 .
Includes bibliographical references, index and also include black and white, and color.
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