Design of a surface-emitting, subwavelength metal-clad disk laser in the visible spectrum

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 19581-19591

  Huang, Jingqing ^a   Kim, Se Heon ^a   Scherer, Axel ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); METAL CLADDING; QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

ABSORPTION LOSS; CLADDING THICKNESS; COUPLING FACTOR; DEVICE SIZES; DISK LASERS; EMITTED LIGHT; ENHANCED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; FAR-FIELD RADIATION; GAIN MEDIUM; GAINP/ALGAINP; LOW ORDER; METAL-CLAD; MODE VOLUME; NANOLASERS; PLANAR METAL; QUANTUM WELL; RADIATION LOSS; RESONANT MODE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE LASING; SINGLE MODE OPERATION; SUB-WAVELENGTH; THRESHOLD GAIN; VISIBLE SPECTRA;

METALS;

METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASER; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; METALS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 77957000212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.019581     Document Type: Article

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