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Far-field emission of a semiconductor nanowire laser
1Center for Nanotechnology, NASA Ames Research Center, MS 229-1, Moffett Field, California 94035, USA. amaslov@nas.nasa.gov
Optics Letters
|March 24, 2004
Abstract:
The polarization properties and angular distribution of intensity of the far fields from a nanowire laser are investigated. The far-field emission depends strongly on the mode type (HE11, TE01, TM01) and the radius of the nanowire. The emission is weakly directional, and a large part of it can be emitted in the backward direction. Our results can be applied for experimental determination of a lasing mode by its far fields as well as for optimization of laser emission.

