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Vertical Cavities and Micro-Ring Resonators

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The scope of this chapter is to present the concepts of vertical cavities (VCs) and \(\mu \)-ring resonators (MRs). The chapter commences with the motivation for progressing beyond conventional edge-emitting cavities emphasising on the potential of VC and MRs. The fundamental physics of VC and MRs is then analysed focusing on device design aspects. VCs are studied for optical amplifier applications. Lasing VCs are analysed in terms of polarisation dynamics. MRs in single and multi-ring configurations, like coupled resonator optical waveguides (CROWs) and side-coupled integrated spaced sequence of resonators, (SCISSORs) are discussed. Active MRs for lasers and amplifiers are investigated.

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Part of the work of DA was supported by the UK Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) under a visiting fellowship Grant No. EP/H00873X/1.

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  1. Department of Materials Science, University of Patras, 26504, Patras, Greece

    Dimitris Alexandropoulos

  2. Department of Physical Electronics, School of Electrical Engineering, Office: 232 Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, 69978, Tel-Aviv, Israel

    J. Scheuer

  3. School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK

    M. J. Adams

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Alexandropoulos, D., Scheuer, J., Adams, M. . (2012). Vertical Cavities and Micro-Ring Resonators. In: Balkan, N., Xavier, M. (eds) Semiconductor Modeling Techniques. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 159. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27512-8_8

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