Surface-normal emission of a high-Q resonator using a subwavelength high-contrast grating

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 17282-17287

  Zhou, Ye ^a   Moewe, Michael ^a   Kern, Johannes ^a   Huang, Michael C Y ^a   Chang Hasnain, Connie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

HIGH CONTRAST GRATING (HCG); HIGH-CONTRAST GRATINGS; HIGH-Q RESONATORS; IN-PLANE RESONANCE; INGAAS QUANTUM WELLS; REFLECTIVITY SPECTRA; RESONATOR DESIGN; SURFACE NORMALS;

RESONATORS;

EID: 55349099191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.017282     Document Type: Article

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