ARTICLE SUMMARY / 1998
JOSA A · 15, 1192–1201
How does a planar optical environment modify dipole emission?
Introduces source terms within a layered optical description.
Provides a route to calculating cavity-modified emission instead of modelling external illumination alone.
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Represents the coupled electromagnetic fields in a matrix formulation for birefringent layers.
Summary & commentary : Electromagnetic propagation in birefringent layered mediaCombines RCWA, scattering matrices and coherence-transforming matrices, with separate demonstrations for gratings and dipole layers.
Uses asymmetric optical pumping of waveguide-coupled InP nanocavities and a carrier rate-equation model.
Commentary
A planar prescribed-dipole calculation does not supply lateral diffraction or self-consistent laser gain dynamics.
One of the source-model foundations behind the thesis; modern FMM emission methods extend the geometry and computational scale.
Interpretation and connections in this note, separate from the authors’ reported findings.