Fabry-Pérot microcavity modes observed in the micro- photoluminescence spectra of the single nanowire with InGaAs/GaAs heterostructure

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 9337-9346

  Yang, Lin ^a   Motohisa, Junichi ^b   Fukui, Takashi ^b   Jia, Lian Xi ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Geng, Ming Min ^a   Chen, Pin ^a   Liu, Yu Liang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

(140.4780) optical resonators; (160.6000) semiconductor materials; (250.5230) photoluminescence; (310.6628) subwavelength structures, nanostructures

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; METALLORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; MICROCAVITIES; NANOWIRES; ORGANOMETALLICS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

FABRY-PEROT MICROCAVITIES; GROUP REFRACTIVE INDEX; MATERIAL DISPERSIONS; METAL-ORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; MICRO PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SILICON SUBSTRATES; SUB-WAVELENGTH STRUCTURES; WAVEGUIDE DISPERSIONS;

SUBSTRATES;

GALLIUM; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; INDIUM; INDIUM ARSENIDE; NANOTUBE; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTON; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARSENICALS; GALLIUM; INDIUM; LIGHT; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; PHOTONS; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 66449104954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.009337     Document Type: Article

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