Optomechanical zipper cavity lasers: Theoretical analysis of tuning range and stability

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 7872-7885

  Alegre, Thiago P Mayer ^a   Perahia, Raviv ^a   Painter, Oskar ^a   Watson, Thomas J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASERS; NANOWIRES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PRESSURE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TUNING;

CAVITY LASERS; CAVITY MODE; DESIGN WAVELENGTH; ELECTRICAL SPRING; GAAS; INAS QUANTUM DOTS; LASER FREQUENCY; LASER STRUCTURES; ONE DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; OPTOMECHANICAL; RADIATION PRESSURE; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SEMICONDUCTOR LASER STRUCTURE; TUNING RANGES; WAVELENGTH TUNABLE;

QUANTUM DOT LASERS;

EID: 77950898469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.007872     Document Type: Article

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