Pump-induced exceptional points in lasers

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 108, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Liertzer, M ^a   Ge, Li ^b   Cerjan, A ^c   Stone, A D ^c   Tureci H E ^b,d   Rotter, S ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c Yale University   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENSTATES; LASING MODES; MICRODISK LASER; PUMP POWER;

PUMPS;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 84860306953     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.173901     Document Type: Article

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