Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:00:43 BST CiteULike: dhbradshaw's library [125 articles] http://www.citeulike.org/user/dhbradshaw/article/2516717 CiteULike.org en-gb Copyright © 2004-2008 citeulike.org http://www.citeulike.org/user/dhbradshaw/article/2516717 <i>Physical Review Letters, Vol. 61, No. 22. (28 November 1988), 2546.</i><br /><br />Inhibited spontaneous emission in atomic physics has been intensively investigated recently. In solid-state physics these effects are no less important. We have studied the spontaneous emission of light from electron-hole recombination in optically thin GaAs double heterostructures. The electron-hole radiative recombination rate coefficient B is not purely a property of the GaAs itself; but depends strongly on the optical-mode density and refractive index of the medium in which it is immersed. The spontaneous-emission rate can be markedly increased or decreased depending on whether the surrounding refractive index is higher or lower than that of GaAs. Inhibited and Enhanced Spontaneous Emission from Optically Thin AlGaAs/GaAs Double Heterostructures E Yablonovitch TJ Gmitter R Bhat doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.2546 Physical Review Letters, Vol. 61, No. 22. (28 November 1988), 2546. 2008-03-11T21:30:28-00:00 1988 Physical Review Letters 61 22 2546 American Physical Society no-tag