Ultralow Threshold and Single-Mode Lasing in Microgear Lasers and Its Fusion With Quasi-Periodic Photonic Crystals

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1355-1360

  Nozaki, Kengo ^a   Nakagawa, Atsuo ^a   Sano, Daisuke ^a   Baba, Toshihiko ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GaInAsP InP; Microdisk; Microgear; Photonic crystal (PC); Point defect laser; Quasi periodic photonic crystal (QPC); Semiconductor laser; Whispering gallery mode (WGM)

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ETCHING; EVAPORATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; PHASE SHIFT; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POINT DEFECTS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; QUASICRYSTALS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

GAINASP/INP; MICRODISKS; MICROGEARS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS (PC); POINT DEFECT LASERS; QUASI-PERIODIC PHOTONIC CRYSTALS (QPC); WHISPERING GALLERY MODE (WGM);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 1342324836     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2003.819465     Document Type: Conference Paper

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