Design and optical characterization of photonic crystal lasers with organic gain material

Journal of Optics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Baumann, K ^a,d   Stoferle T ^a   Moll, N ^a   Raino, G ^a   Mahrt, R F ^a   Wahlbrink, T ^b   Bolten, J ^b   Scherf, U ^c  

^a IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AMO GMBH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Organic gain material; Photonic crystal laser

Indexed keywords

LASER OPTICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS; TANTALUM OXIDES;

FEEDBACK STRUCTURE; LASER STRUCTURES; LASER THRESHOLD; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; ORGANIC GAIN MATERIAL; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL LASER; PHOTONIC STRUCTURE; QUALITY FACTORS;

ORGANIC LASERS;

EID: 77953567973     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/12/6/065003     Document Type: Article

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