Life-testing oxide confined VCSELs: Too good to last?

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2683, Issue , 1996, Pages 114-122

  Lear, K L ^a   Kilcoyne, S P ^a,b   Schneider, R P ^a,c   Nevers, J A ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Optical Concepts Inc   (United States)

^c HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser diode reliability; Oxide confinement; Vertical cavity surface emitting laser

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; RELIABILITY; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS; TRANSCEIVERS;

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE IMAGES; INFANT MORTALITY FAILURES; LIGHT CURRENT CHARACTERISTICS; OXIDE CONFINED; OXIDE CONFINED LASERS; OXIDE CONFINEMENT; SELECTIVE OXIDATION; STABLE OPERATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0001607855     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.237682     Document Type: Conference Paper

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