Optical parametric oscillation in microcavities based on isotropic semiconductors: A theoretical study

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 569-576

  Haïdar, Riad ^a   Forget, Nicolas ^a   Rosencher, Emmanuel ^a  

^a ONERA   (France)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Nonlinear optics; Semiconductor materials

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; MIRRORS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

MICROCAVITY;

SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

EID: 0037382770     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.809331     Document Type: Article

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