Coupled photonic crystal micro-cavities with ultra-low threshold power for stimulated Raman scattering

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 4795-4804

  Liu, Qiang ^a   Ouyang, Zhengbiao ^b   Albin, Sacharia ^a  

^a Photonics Laboratory Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Old Dominion University ^*  (United States)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; RAMAN SCATTERING; SENSORS;

ANTI-STOKES; COMMUNICATION WAVELENGTHS; COUPLED CAVITY; MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS; MODAL VOLUME; PUMP BEAMS; Q-FACTORS; SENSOR DEVICE; STRONG ENHANCEMENT; THRESHOLD LASING; ULTRA-LOW THRESHOLD; ULTRA-SMALL;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTON; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MINIATURIZATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTONS; REFRACTOMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 79952177189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.004795     Document Type: Article

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