Directional emission, increased free spectral range, and mode Q-factors in 2-D wavelength-scale optical microcavity structures

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1175-1182

  Boriskina, Svetlana V ^a,b   Benson, Trevor M ^a,c   Sewell, Phillip D ^a,c   Nosich, Alexander I ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (Ukraine)

^b V N KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d A USIKOV INSTITUTE OF RADIO PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Degeneracy removal; Emission directionality; Low threshold microdisk lasers; Microdisk resonators; Optical microcavities; Photonic molecules; Whispering gallery (WG) modes

Indexed keywords

MICRODISK RESONATORS; OPTICAL CAVITY STRUCTURES; OPTICAL MICROCAVITIES; PHOTONIC MOLECULES; WHISPERING GALLERY (WG) MODES;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT EMISSION; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

EID: 33845619442     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2006.882662     Document Type: Article

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