Nanolaser (IMAGE)

University of Copenhagen - Niels Bohr Institute

Nanolaser

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The nanolaser is based on the disorder in the pattern of holes in the photonic crystal. The light source is built into the photonic crystal itself, which is clear as glass and when the light hits a hole it is reflected and is channeled into the so-called waveguide, the crystal's middle lane. But the light is thrown back and forth in the photonic crystal and due to imperfections is intensified and spontaneously turns into laser light.

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Quantum Photonics, Niels Bohr Institute

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