Continuous-wave subwavelength microdisk lasers at λ = 1.53 μm

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 19242-19248

  Liu, Zhijun ^a   Shainline, Jeffrey M ^b   Fernandes, Gustavo E ^a   Xu, Jimmy ^a,b   Chen, Jianxin ^c,d   Gmachl, Claire F ^d  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS;

AZIMUTHAL MODE NUMBER; CONTINUOUS WAVES; MICRODISK LASER; MICRODISKS; MODAL VOLUME; MODE SIMULATION; RADIAL MODE; SINGLE MODE; SUB-WAVELENGTH; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; GALLIUM; INDIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HEAT; LASER; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; GALLIUM; HOT TEMPERATURE; INDIUM; LASERS; LUMINESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SEMICONDUCTORS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77956369649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.019242     Document Type: Article

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