The modulation of luminescence is essential because unwanted spontaneous‐emission
modes have a negative effect on the performance of luminescence‐based photonic devices …

Photonic crystals have proven their potential and are nowadays a familiar concept. They
have been approached from many scientific and technological flanks. Among the many …

A new class of composite materials has emerged which provides a means to control and
manipulate light. These materials, known as photonic crystals, are periodic arrays of …

Materials whose dielectric constant varies spatially with submicrometer periodicity exhibit
diffractive optical properties which are potentially valuable in a number of existing and …

We describe the recent experimental progress in the control of spontaneous emission by
manipulating optical modes with photonic crystals. It has been clearly demonstrated that the …

Photonics, the technology of photons (as electronics is the technology of electrons),
promises to be the new century's driving force in the advancement of, mainly but not only …

Nanophotonics is where photonics merges with nanoscience and nanotechnology, and
where spatial confinement considerably modifies light propagation and light-matter …

Since the advent of quantum mechanics and the clear demonstration of the existence
of'matter waves', physicists have never failed to take advantage of concepts and theoretical …

We review basic quantum electrodynamics and quantum optics aspects in microstructures
that exhibit a gap in the spectrum of the electromagnetic radiation they support, known as …

CdTe nanocrystals capped with 1-mercapto-2, 3-propandiol, CdSe nanocrystals capped
with sodium citrate, and core− shell CdSe/CdS nanocrystals capped with sodium citrate …