Single mode lasing from hybrid hemispherical microresonators

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chen, Rui ^a   Van Duong Ta, ^a   Sun, Han Dong ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 84859762563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00244     Document Type: Article

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