Recent progress in the growth of highly reflective nitride-based distributed Bragg reflectors and their use in microcavities

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 7207-7216

  Butte R ^a   Feltin, E ^a   Dorsaz, J ^a   Christmann, G ^a   Carlin, J F ^a   Grandjean, N ^a   Ilegems, M ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Distributed Bragg reflectors; Electrical injection; III nitride compounds; Internal absorption; Leaky modes; Microcavity; Quality factor; Spontaneous emission; Strain management; UV blue vertical cavity laser

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CRYSTAL LATTICES; GALLIUM NITRIDE; NITRIDES; QUANTUM OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTORS (DBR); III-NITRIDE COMPOUNDS; STRAIN MANAGEMENT;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 31644442230     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.44.7207     Document Type: Review

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