Ultrafast photonic crystal nanocavity laser

Nature Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 484-488

  Altug, Hatice ^a   Englund, Dirk ^a   Vučković, Jelena ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ULTRA-FAST PHOTONICS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 33745792771     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys343     Document Type: Article

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