Properties of a laser based on evanescent-wave amplification

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1471-1478

  Datsuyk, Vitaly V ^a   Juodkazis, Saulius ^a   Misawa, Hiroaki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; LASER MODES; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

EVANESCENT WAVE AMPLIFICATION; WHISPERING GALLERY MODE (WGM) LASER;

LASERS;

EID: 22944442565     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.001471     Document Type: Article

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