Transverse-mode structure and pattern formation in oxide-confined vertical-cavity semiconductor lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2060-2071

  Hegarty, S P ^a,d   Huyet, G ^b   Porta, P ^a   McInerney, J G ^a   Choquette, K D ^c   Geib, K M ^c   Hou, H Q ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d Optical Assemblies Development ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0000913236     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.002060     Document Type: Article

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