Formation conditions of random laser cavities in annealed ZnO epilayers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 970-973

  Yuen, Clement ^a   Yu, S F ^a   Leong, Eunice S P ^a   Yang, H Y ^a   Lau, S P ^a   Hng, H H ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Optical waveguide; Random lasing; Ultraviolet emission; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; LIGHT EMISSION; MAGNESIA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZINC OXIDE;

RANDOM LASER; ULTRAVIOLET EMISSION;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 22444433531     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.847903     Document Type: Article

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