Experimental characterization of the optical loss of sapphire-bonded photonic crystal laser cavities

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 535-537

  Shih, M H ^a   Kuang, Wan ^a   Yang, Tian ^a   Bagheri, Mahmood ^a   Wei, Zhi Jian ^a   Choi, Sang Jun ^a   Lu, Ling ^a   O'Brien, John D ^a   Dapkus, P Daniel ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous wave (CW) lasers; Microcavity; Optical losses; Photonic crystal; Quality factors; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE OPERATION; CONTINUOUS WAVES; CONTINUOUS-WAVE (CW) LASERS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; LASING THRESHOLD; LATTICE PERIODS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL LASER; QUALITY FACTORS;

LASER OPTICS; LASER RESONATORS; LASERS; MICROCAVITIES; OPTICAL LOSSES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SAPPHIRE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 33846136146     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.863993     Document Type: Article

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