Whispering-gallery-like modes in square resonators

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1106-1110

  Guo, Wei Hua ^a   Huang, Yong Zhen ^a   Lu, Qiao Yin ^a   Yu, Li Juan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

Author keywords

Microcavities; Semiconductor lasers; Square resonators; Whispering gallery (WG) modes

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN TECHNIQUE; PADE APPROXIMATION; PERFECT ELECTRIC WALL; PERFECT MAGNETIC WALL; SQUARE RESONATOR; WHISPERING GALLERY MODE;

LASER MODES;

EID: 0141628754     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.816090     Document Type: Article

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