Optically pumped semiconductor nanowire lasers

Frontiers of Optoelectronics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 239-247

  Ma, Yaoguang ^a   Tong, Limin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

microfiber; nanowire laser; optical pump; semiconductor nanowire

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873858134     PISSN: 20952759     EISSN: 20952767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12200-012-0277-7     Document Type: Review

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