Directional light coupling from microdisk lasers

A. F. J. Levi, R. E. Slusher, S. L. McCall, Jeffrey L. Glass, S. J. Pearton, R. A. Logan

Applied Physics Letters · 1993 · 185 citations · 5 references

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Abstract

We describe methods for directional coupling of light output from whispering-gallery mode microdisk lasers. Patterned asymmetries in the shape of microdisk resonators provide control of both direction and intensity of light output without dramatically increasing laser thresholds.

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