Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9786227 | Optics Communications | 2005 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We study the superradiant decay of an ensemble of inverted two-level atoms embedded into a 2D photonic crystal with lateral confinement of the radiation. We show that the transfer of the optical excitation propagates along the Bragg planes and is manifested by strong energy localization.
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Authors
I.V. Mel'nikov, Joseph W. Haus, J. Stewart Aitchison,