Photonic network laser

Opt Lett. 2011 Sep 15;36(18):3560-2. doi: 10.1364/OL.36.003560.

Abstract

We demonstrated lasing in two-dimensional trivalent network structures with short-range order. Despite the lack of translational and rotational symmetries, such structures possess a large isotropic photonic bandgap. Different from those of a photonic crystal, the band-edge modes are spatially localized and have high quality factor.