Electrically controllable photonic molecule laser

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 20321-20326

  Fasching, G ^a   Deutsch, C ^a   Benz, A ^a   Andrews, A M ^a   Klang, P ^a   Zobl, R ^a   Schrenk, W ^a   Strasser, G ^a   Ragulis, P ^b   Tamosiunas P ^b,c   Unterrainer, K ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; PHOTON; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; MINIATURIZATION; PHOTONS; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 77649175618     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.020321     Document Type: Article

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