Title :
Photonic crystal lasers
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Sci. & Eng., Kyoto Univ., Kyoto, Japan
Abstract :
I will review progresses of photonic crystal lasers, which are now recognized as an unprecedented type of lasers that can operate coherently in broad area, produce a tailored beam on demand, realize a beam steering functionality, etc.
Keywords :
beam steering; laser beams; light coherence; photonic crystals; reviews; semiconductor lasers; beam steering functionality; photonic crystal lasers; review; Laser beams; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical surface waves; Photonic crystals; Semiconductor laser arrays; Surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA