Preliminary results on high total dose testing of semiconductor photonic sources: A comparison of VCSELs and resonant-cavity LEDs

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3440, Issue , 1998, Pages 47-56

  Berghmans, Francis ^a   Coenen, Simon ^a   Brichard, Benoît ^a   Vos, Frans ^a   Decréton, Marc ^a   Verschaffelt, Guy ^b   De La Fuente, Alexis ^b   Veretennicoff, Irina ^b   Thienpont, Hugo ^b   Bockstaele, Ronny ^c   Bienstman, Peter ^c   Sys, Carl ^c   Dhoedt, Bart ^c   Moerman, Ingrid ^c   Baets, Roel ^c   Van Daele, Peter ^c   Jönsson, Jan ^d  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d Mitel Corporation   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gamma radiation; LED; Microcavity light emitting diode; Nuclear radiation; Radiation effects; Resonant cavity; Semiconductor optical source; Space radiation; VCSEL; Vertical cavity surface emitting laser

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; GAMMA RAYS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION;

LIGHT SOURCES;

EID: 0002022944     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.326698     Document Type: Conference Paper

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