Lasing at exciton transition in optically pumped gallium nitride nanopillars

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 17960-17965

  Lo, Ming Hua ^a,b   Cheng, Yuh Jen ^a,b   Liu, Mei Chun ^b   Kuo, Hao Chung ^a   Wang, Shing Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM NITRIDE; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

EMISSION PEAKS; EXCITON TRANSITIONS; GAN SUBSTRATE; LASING ACTION; NANOPILLARS; OPTICALLY PUMPED; RED-SHIFTED; ROOM TEMPERATURE LASING;

EXCITONS;

EID: 80052707822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.017960     Document Type: Article

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