Radial Bragg lasers: Optimal design for minimal threshold levels and enhanced mode discrimination

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2178-2184

  Scheuer, Jacob ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; MIRRORS; OPTIMIZATION; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

RADIAL BRAGG DISTRIBUTED-FEEDBACK (DFB) LASER; RADIAL BRAGG REFLECTOR;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 36048932503     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.002178     Document Type: Article

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