GaN microwires as optical microcavities: Whispering gallery modes Vs Fabry-Perot modes

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 18707-18716

  Coulon, Pierre Marie ^a   Hugues, Maxime ^a   Alloing, Blandine ^a   Beraudo, Emmanuel ^a   Leroux, Mathieu ^a   Zuniga Perez, Jesus ^a  

^a CRHEA CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

FABRY-PEROT; METAL-ORGANIC VAPOUR PHASE EPITAXY; MICRO WIRE; OPTICAL MICROCAVITIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; STRAIN-FREE; VISIBLE-UV; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

GALLIUM NITRIDE;

GALLIUM; GALLIUM NITRIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GALLIUM; INTERFEROMETRY; MINIATURIZATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84865575422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.018707     Document Type: Article

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