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Mode volume

Known as: Active mode volume 
In fiber optics, mode volume is the number of bound modes that an optical fiber is capable of supporting. The mode volume M is approximately given by… 
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Equilibrium mode distributionMandrel wrappingMode scramblerNormalized frequency (fiber optics)

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Highly Cited
2018
Highly Cited
2018
Gigahertz-repetition-rate soliton microcombs
Soliton microcombs with repetition rates as low as 1.86 GHz are demonstrated, thereby entering a regime more typical of table–top… 
Highly Cited
2017
Highly Cited
2017
Continuous-Wave Optically Pumped 1.55 μm InAs/InAlGaAs Quantum Dot Microdisk Lasers Epitaxially Grown on Silicon
Monolithic integration of high-performance semiconductor lasers on silicon enables wafer-scale optical interconnects within… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Enhanced and directional single-photon emission in hyperbolic metamaterials
We propose an approach to enhance and direct the spontaneous emission from isolated emitters embedded inside hyperbolic… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Asymmetric Surface Plasmon Polariton Emission by a Dipole Emitter Near a Metal Surface
We show that the surface plasmon polariton (SPP) radiation patterns of point-dipole emitters in the vicinity of a metal… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Generation of molecular hot electroluminescence by resonant nanocavity plasmons
Nanocavity plasmons are exploited as a coherent optical source with tunable energy and to actively control the radiative channels… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Electrically tunable liquid crystal optical microresonators
Whispering-gallery-mode resonators made of nematic liquid-crystal droplets offer a wavelength tunability approximately two orders… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Ytterbium laser with reduced thermal loading
We report a novel design for a high-power ytterbium disk laser. This laser utilizes radial diode pumping of a back surface cooled… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Characteristics of electrically driven two-dimensional photonic crystal lasers
We demonstrate room-temperature low-threshold-current lasing action from electrically driven wavelength-scale high-quality… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Fiber-coupled erbium microlasers on a chip
An erbium-doped, toroid-shaped microlaser fabricated on a silicon chip is described and characterized. Erbium-doped sol-gel films… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
High-quality-factor and small-mode-volume hexapole modes in photonic-crystal-slab nanocavities
Using finite-difference time-domain calculations, we investigate the hexapole mode of photonic-crystal-slab modified triangular… 
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