Modal characteristics and bistability in twin microdisk photonic molecule lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-76

  Ishii, Satoru ^b,c   Nakagawa, Atsuo ^b   Baba, Toshihiko ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

^d YNU ^*  (Japan)

^e Institute of Electronics   (Japan)

^f OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^g American Physics Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Bistability; Microdisk; Microlaser; Photonic integration; Photonic molecule; Semiconductor laser

Indexed keywords

BISTABILITY; MICRODISK; MICROLASERS; PHOTONIC INTEGRATION; PHOTONIC MOLECULES;

ABSORPTION; BONDING; PUMPING (LASER); REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 32944480147     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2005.862951     Document Type: Article

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