Lasing oscillation in a three-dimensional photonic crystal nanocavity with a complete bandgap

Nature Photonics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 91-94

  Tandaechanurat, Aniwat ^a   Ishida, Satomi ^a   Guimard, Denis ^a   Nomura, Masahiro ^a   Iwamoto, Satoshi ^a   Arakawa, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 79551607420     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2010.286     Document Type: Article

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