Microcavity laser oscillating in a circuit-based resonator

Science

Volumn 327, Issue 5972, 2010, Pages 1495-1497

  Walther, Christoph ^a   Scalari, Giacomo ^a   Amanti, Maria Ines ^a   Beck, Mattias ^a   Faist, Jérôme ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; LASER; OSCILLATION; RESONANCE; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; LASER; MODULATION; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 77949793026     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1183167     Document Type: Article

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