Unidirectional bistability in AlGaInAs microring and microdisk semiconductor lasers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 88-90

  Mezosi G ^a   Strain, M J ^a   Furst S ^a   Wang, Z ^b   Yu, S ^b   Sorel, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microdisk lasers; Microring lasers; Optical bistability; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

ALGAINAS; BI-STABILITY; CONTINUOUS WAVE OPERATION; COUNTERPROPAGATING; E-BEAM RESIST; FABRICATION PROCESS; HYDROGEN SILSESQUIOXANE; MAGNETIC COMPONENTS; MICRODISK LASER; MICRODISKS; MICRORING LASER; MICRORING LASERS; MICRORINGS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIDEWALL ROUGHNESS; SINGLE MODE LASING;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LASERS; PLASMA ETCHING; VIDEODISKS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 70749101064     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.2008660     Document Type: Article

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