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OA_type: closed access
_id: '21575'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'Periodic wavelength-scale surface patterns have long been used in the context
    of lasing and spontaneous emission to enhance emission by light trapping (distributed
    Bragg resonances). Buried within these well-known devices, however, are theoretical
    mysteries that are still being unravelled. A periodic surface grating actually
    creates a continuum of resonant modes, so what determines which single mode (if
    any) lases? Technically, what determines the stability of a periodic lasing mode:
    is it only the finite size of a surface that allows single-mode lasing, or can
    it arise for arbitrarily large structures? More generally, if one continuously
    deforms an unpatterned surface to maximize light emission, how is the symmetry
    broken and what optimal structures arise? We address these questions by combining
    new computational techniques for modeling and large-scale optimization of incoherent
    emission and lasing with new analytical results arising from perturbation and
    stability theory.'
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Mohammed
  full_name: Benzaouia, Mohammed
  last_name: Benzaouia
- first_name: Wenjie
  full_name: Yao, Wenjie
  last_name: Yao
- first_name: Alexander
  full_name: Cerjan, Alexander
  last_name: Cerjan
- first_name: Zin
  full_name: Lin, Zin
  last_name: Lin
- first_name: Charles
  full_name: Roques-Carmes, Charles
  id: e2e68fc9-6505-11ef-a541-eb4e72cc3e82
  last_name: Roques-Carmes
- first_name: Francesc
  full_name: Verdugo, Francesc
  last_name: Verdugo
- first_name: Rasmus E.
  full_name: Christiansen, Rasmus E.
  last_name: Christiansen
- first_name: Steven G.
  full_name: Johnson, Steven G.
  last_name: Johnson
citation:
  ama: 'Benzaouia M, Yao W, Cerjan A, et al. Foundations of lasing and emission from
    surface-patterned structures. In: <i>Active Photonic Platforms XIII</i>. Vol 11796.
    SPIE; 2021:117960L. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2595792">10.1117/12.2595792</a>'
  apa: 'Benzaouia, M., Yao, W., Cerjan, A., Lin, Z., Roques-Carmes, C., Verdugo, F.,
    … Johnson, S. G. (2021). Foundations of lasing and emission from surface-patterned
    structures. In <i>Active Photonic Platforms XIII</i> (Vol. 11796, p. 117960L).
    San Diego, CA, United States: SPIE. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2595792">https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2595792</a>'
  chicago: Benzaouia, Mohammed, Wenjie Yao, Alexander Cerjan, Zin Lin, Charles Roques-Carmes,
    Francesc Verdugo, Rasmus E. Christiansen, and Steven G. Johnson. “Foundations
    of Lasing and Emission from Surface-Patterned Structures.” In <i>Active Photonic
    Platforms XIII</i>, 11796:117960L. SPIE, 2021. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2595792">https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2595792</a>.
  ieee: M. Benzaouia <i>et al.</i>, “Foundations of lasing and emission from surface-patterned
    structures,” in <i>Active Photonic Platforms XIII</i>, San Diego, CA, United States,
    2021, vol. 11796, p. 117960L.
  ista: 'Benzaouia M, Yao W, Cerjan A, Lin Z, Roques-Carmes C, Verdugo F, Christiansen
    RE, Johnson SG. 2021. Foundations of lasing and emission from surface-patterned
    structures. Active Photonic Platforms XIII. SPIE: NanoScience + Engineering vol.
    11796, 117960L.'
  mla: Benzaouia, Mohammed, et al. “Foundations of Lasing and Emission from Surface-Patterned
    Structures.” <i>Active Photonic Platforms XIII</i>, vol. 11796, SPIE, 2021, p.
    117960L, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2595792">10.1117/12.2595792</a>.
  short: M. Benzaouia, W. Yao, A. Cerjan, Z. Lin, C. Roques-Carmes, F. Verdugo, R.E.
    Christiansen, S.G. Johnson, in:, Active Photonic Platforms XIII, SPIE, 2021, p.
    117960L.
conference:
  end_date: 2021-08-05
  location: San Diego, CA, United States
  name: 'SPIE: NanoScience + Engineering'
  start_date: 2021-08-01
date_created: 2026-03-30T12:22:47Z
date_published: 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2026-05-05T09:44:34Z
day: '01'
doi: 10.1117/12.2595792
extern: '1'
fulldoi: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2595792
intvolume: '     11796'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '08'
oa_version: None
page: 117960L
publication: Active Photonic Platforms XIII
publication_status: published
publisher: SPIE
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Foundations of lasing and emission from surface-patterned structures
type: conference
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 11796
year: '2021'
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