Deformed microcavity quantum cascade lasers with directional emission

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wang, Qi Jie ^a   Yan, Changling ^a,b   Diehl, Laurent ^a   Hentschel, Martina ^c   Wiersig, Jan ^d   Yu, Nanfang ^a   Pflügl, Christian ^a   Belkin, Mikhail A ^a,e   Edamura, Tadataka ^f   Yamanishi, Masamichi ^f   Kan, Hirofumi ^f   Capasso, Federico ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^d OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^f CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM DIVERGENCE; COMPLEX MODES; DIRECTIONAL EMISSION; FAR-FIELD; INTRACAVITIES; MICROCAVITY LASER; MODE DISTRIBUTION; OPTIMUM VALUE; PUMPING CURRENT; Q-FACTORS; RAY OPTICS; UNSTABLE MANIFOLD; WHISPERING GALLERY;

DEFORMATION; LIGHT; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

MICROCAVITIES;

EID: 73549118359     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/11/12/125018     Document Type: Article

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