Optical theorem helps understand thresholds of lasing in microcavities with active regions

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-30

  Smotrova, Elena I ^a   Byelobrov, Volodymyr O ^a   Benson, Trevor M ^c   Ctyroky, Ji ^d   Sauleau, Ronan ^e   Nosich, Alexander I ^a,b  

^a A USIKOV INSTITUTE OF RADIO PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHOTONICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Eigenvalue problem; lasing threshold; microcavity laser; optical theorem; overlap coefficient

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUE PROBLEM; LASING THRESHOLD; MICROCAVITY LASER; OPTICAL THEOREM; OVERLAP COEFFICIENT;

BRAGG REFLECTORS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MICROCAVITIES; REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS;

EID: 78149245297     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2010.2055836     Document Type: Article

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