Photonic-crystal distributed-feedback lasers for the midwave infrared

IEE Proceedings: Optoelectronics

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 322-326

  Vurgaftman, I ^a   Bewley, W W ^a   Canedy, C L ^a   Lindle, J R ^a   Kim, C S ^a   Meyer, J R ^a   Spector, S J ^b   Lennon, D M ^b   Turner, G W ^b   Manfra, M J ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER TUNING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

MIDWAVE INFRARED RADIATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASER; SECOND-ORDER GRATING; TIME DOMAIN FOURIER TRANSFORM;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 10744222968     PISSN: 13502433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-opt:20030536     Document Type: Article

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