Simulation results of transverse-optical confinement in airpost, regrown, and oxidized vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser structures

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2055-2059

  Bienstman, Peter ^a   Demeulenaere, Bart ^a,b   Dhoedt, Bart ^a   Baets, Roel ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Barco NV   (Belgium)

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EID: 0001492974     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.002055     Document Type: Article

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