A surface-emitting 3D metal-nanocavity laser: Proposal and theory

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 13225-13244

  Lu, Chien Yao ^a   Chuang, Shun Lien ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER THEORY; METALS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

3D STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL INJECTION; LIGHT OUTPUT POWER; METAL DISPERSIONS; NANO-CAVITIES; OPTICAL ENERGY; OUTPUT BEAM; PROPER DESIGN; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODELS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); THRESHOLD REDUCTION; TOP SURFACE; WAVEGUIDE ANALYSIS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

METAL; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DIODE LASER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LIGHTING; METALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 79959882690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.013225     Document Type: Article

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