Ultralow-threshold electrically pumped quantum-dot photonic-crystal nanocavity laser

Nature Photonics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 297-300

  Ellis, Bryan ^a   Mayer, Marie A ^b,c   Shambat, Gary ^a   Sarmiento, Tomas ^a   Harris, James ^a   Haller, Eugene E ^b,c   Vučković, Jelena ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79955571193     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.51     Document Type: Article

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