A surface-emitting laser incorporating a high-index-contrast subwavelength grating

Nature Photonics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-122

  Huang, Michael C Y ^a   Zhou, Y ^a   Chang Hasnain, Connie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR MIRRORS; EPITAXIAL THICKNESS; FABRICATION TOLERANCES; HIGH INDEX CONTRAST; OPTICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; SOLID STATE LIGHTING; SUB-WAVE LENGTH GRATING; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER;

FEEDBACK; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

EID: 34247545051     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2006.80     Document Type: Article

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