Broad-stripe near-diffraction-limited mid-infrared laser with a second-order photonic-crystal distributed feedback grating

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1250-1252

  Kim, C S ^a   Bewley, W W ^a   Canedy, C L ^a   Vurgaftman, I ^a   Kim, M ^a   Meyer, J R ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback (DFB) lasers; Gaussian beams; Laser excitation; Optical pumping; Pulsed lasers; Quantum well lasers

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; LASER PULSES; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL PUMPING; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

BROAD STRIPE NEAR DIFFRACTION LIMITED MID INFRARED LASER; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK GRATING; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; LASER EXCITATION; SECOND ORDER PHOTONIC CRYSTAL;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 2442587453     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.826265     Document Type: Article

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