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The 1993 Erice Advanced Study Institute (ASI) on Confined Electrons and Photons was organized along two main lines: one is the increasing electron-motion quantization occuring when semiconductor heterostructures are progressively structured in 1, 2, 3 directions (quantum wells, wires or boxes respectively), the other is the photon mode control obtained by structuring the dielectric function of a material system, leading to optical microcavity or photonic bandgap effects.
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Weisbuch, C., Burstein, E. (1995). Confined Electrons and Photons: A Summary. In: Burstein, E., Weisbuch, C. (eds) Confined Electrons and Photons. NATO ASI Series, vol 340. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1963-8_1
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