Simulation of waveguiding and emitting properties of semiconductor nanowires with hexagonal or circular sections

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2396-2403

  Henneghien, Anne Line ^a   Gayral, Bruno ^a   Désières, Yohan ^a   Gérard, Jean Michel ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM NITRIDE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFLECTION; ZINC OXIDE;

ACTIVE MEDIUM; GUIDED MODES; HETEROSTRUCTURES; HEXAGONAL CROSS-SECTIONS; HIGH BRIGHTNESS; MODAL PROPERTIES; MODAL REFLECTIVITY; PLANE WAVE; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRE; SINGLE POINT; WAVE-GUIDING; ZNO;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 73849140220     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.002396     Document Type: Article

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