Design and analysis of a low-threshold polymer circular-grating distributed-feedback laser

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2142-2150

  Barlow, Guy F ^a   Shore, Alan ^a   Turnbull, Graham A ^b   Samuel, Ifor D W ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; DEPOSITION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYOLEFINS; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS;

CIRCULAR-GRATING DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASER; POLYMER LASERS; TRANSFER MATRIX TECHNIQUE; TRANSVERSE WAVEGUIDING;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 11244354288     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.002142     Document Type: Article

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