Single Mode ZnO Whispering-Gallery Submicron Cavity and Graphene Improved Lasing Performance

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 6794-6800

  Li, Jitao ^a,b   Lin, Yi ^a   Lu, Junfeng ^a   Xu, Chunxiang ^a   Wang, Yueyue ^a   Shi, Zengliang ^a   Dai, Jun ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHOUKOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

graphene; single mode lasing; submicron cavity; whispering gallery mode; ZnO

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; HYBRID MATERIALS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; ZINC OXIDE;

ADVANCED ELECTRONICS; LASING EMISSIONS; LASING PERFORMANCE; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL GRAPHENE; SINGLE MODE LASING; SUBMICRON; WHISPERING GALLERY; ZNO;

WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

EID: 84938154143     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b01319     Document Type: Article

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