Subwavelength metal-optic semiconductor nanopatch lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 8790-8799

  Yu, Kyoungsik ^a,b   Lakhani, Amit ^a   Wu, Ming C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRON OPTICS; INFRARED LASERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE;

BIOLOGICAL SENSING; BROAD APPLICATION; DATA STORAGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FREE SPACE; MAGNETIC DIPOLE; METALLODIELECTRIC; MODE VOLUME; NANOSCALE METALS; NEAR INFRARED; ON CHIPS; OPTICAL MODES; PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS; SUB-WAVELENGTH; ULTRA-SMALL;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 77952038547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.008790     Document Type: Article

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