Full frequency-domain approach to reciprocal microlasers and nanolasers - Perspective from Lorentz reciprocity

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 21116-21134

  Chang, Shu Wei ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ACTIVE REGIONS; CAVITY MODE; CURRENT SOURCES; DOMAIN METHODS; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; FREQUENCY-DOMAIN APPROACH; GENERALIZED EIGENVALUE PROBLEMS; LINE SHAPE; LORENTZ RECIPROCITY; MICRO LASER; MODE EXPANSION; MODE ORTHOGONALITY; NANOLASERS;

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 80054885357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.021116     Document Type: Article

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