Enhanced modulation bandwidth of nanocavity light emitting devices

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 7790-7799

  Lau, Erwin K ^a   Lakhani, Amit ^a   Tucker, Rodney S ^b   Wu, Ming C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CURRENT DENSITY; MODULATION;

CONVENTIONAL LASERS; DIRECT MODULATION; LASING THRESHOLD; LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES; MODULATION BANDWIDTH; NANO-CAVITIES; PURCELL EFFECT; SUB-WAVELENGTH;

LIGHT EMISSION;

EID: 66449108004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.007790     Document Type: Article

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