Microlasers based on silica microspheres

Annales des Telecommunications/Annals of Telecommunications

Volumn 52, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 557-568

  Treussart, François ^a   Dubreuil, Nicolas ^a   Knight, Jongthan Cave ^a   Sandoghdar, Vahid ^a   Hare, Jean ^a   Lefèvre Seguin, Valérie ^a   Raimond, Jean Michel ^a   Haroche, Serge ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Gallery mode; Microstructure; Near field; Optical coupler; Optical fiber; Optical microscopy; Propagation mode; Silica; Solid state laser; Spherical resonator

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042998708     PISSN: 00034347     EISSN: 19589395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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