Three-dimensional coupled-wave analysis for square-lattice photonic crystal surface emitting lasers with transverse-electric polarization: Finite-size effects

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 15945-15961

  Liang, Yong ^a   Peng, Chao ^a   Sakai, Kyosuke ^a   Iwahashi, Seita ^a   Noda, Susumu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLARIZATION; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

BAND EDGE; COUPLED-WAVE ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL SURFACES; DIVERGENCE ANGLE; FAR-FIELD PATTERNS; FIELD INTENSITY; FINITE LENGTH; FINITE SIZE EFFECT; LASER DEVICE; MODE FREQUENCIES; MODE SELECTION; OUTPUT BEAM; SQUARE-LATTICE; SURFACE EMISSIONS; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; THRESHOLD GAIN; TRANSVERSE-ELECTRIC POLARIZATIONS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 84863690170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.015945     Document Type: Article

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