LED-pumped whispering-gallery laser

Simon J. Herr; Karsten Buse; Ingo Breunig

doi:10.1364/PRJ.5.000B34

Photonics Research, Volume. 5, Issue 6, B34(2017)

LED-pumped whispering-gallery laser

Simon J. Herr¹, Karsten Buse^1,2, and Ingo Breunig^1,2、*

¹Laboratory for Optical Systems, Department of Microsystems Engineering, University of Freiburg, Georges-K?hler-Allee 102, 79110 Freiburg, Germany

²Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM, Heidenhofstra?e 8, 79110 Freiburg, Germany

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Paper Information

Category: OPTICAL MICROCAVITIES

Received: Aug. 15, 2017

Accepted: Oct. 10, 2017

Published Online: Dec. 7, 2017

The Author Email: Ingo Breunig (ingo.breunig@imtek.uni-freiburg.de)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.5.000B34

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