High Q whispering gallery modes in GaAs/AlAs pillar microcavities

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 17291-17304

  Nowicki Bringuier, Y R ^a   Claudon, J ^a   Bockler C ^b   Reitzenstein, S ^b   Kamp, M ^b   Morand, A ^c   Forchel, A ^b   Gerard J M ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c IMEP LAHC   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

QUANTUM-DOT SINGLE PHOTON SOURCES; WGM SPECTRUM; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES (WGM);

MICROCAVITIES;

EID: 37249073560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.017291     Document Type: Article

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