Emission spectrum of electromagnetic energy stored in a dynamically perturbed optical microcavity

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 11472-11480

  McCutcheon, Murray W ^a   Pattantyus Abraham, Andras G ^a   Rieger, Georg W ^a   Young, Jeff F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL SENSORS; SILICON; WAVELENGTH;

BANDGAP PUMP PULSE; CAVITY RESONANCE; LORENTZIANS; OPTICAL MICROCAVITY;

MICROCAVITIES;

EID: 34548387384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.011472     Document Type: Article

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