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Informationen zum Autor Qing Gu is Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas, Dallas, where she directs research in the Nanophotonics Laboratory. Her research interests include the experimental investigation of miniature semiconductor lasers and other nanophotonic devices, novel light-emitting materials, quantum behavior in nanostructures, and integrated photonic circuits. Yeshaiahu Fainman is Cymer Professor of Advanced Optical Technologies and Distinguished Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. He directs research in the Ultrafast and Nanoscale Optics Group. He is a Fellow of the OSA, the IEEE, and SPIE. Klappentext A unique and comprehensive resource covering the fundamentals of nanolasers, with details of design, fabrication, and applications. Zusammenfassung The first of its kind! this comprehensive resource explains the fundamental physics of semiconductor nanolasers along with details of their design! fabrication! and applications. This is essential reading for graduate students! researchers! and professionals in optoelectronics! applied photonics! physics! and materials science. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Photonic mode metal-dielectric-metal based nanolasers; 3. Purcell effect and the evaluation of Purcell and spontaneous emission factors; 4. Plasmonic mode metal-dielectric-metal based nanolasers; 5. Antenna-inspired nano-patch lasers; 6. Active medium for semiconductor nanolasers: MQW vs. bulk gain; 7. Electrically pumped nanolasers; 8. Multi-physics design for nanolasers; 9. Cavity-free nanolaser; 10. Beyond nanolasers: inversionless exciton-polariton microlaser; 11. Application of nanolasers: photonic integrated circuits and other applications.