Optoelectronic device simulation of Bragg reflectors and their influence on surface-emitting laser characteristics

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 707-714

  Winston, David W ^a,b   Hayes, Russell E ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b IBM MICROELECTRONICS   (United States)

^c UCB 428   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed Bragg reflector lasers; Optoelectronic devices; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor device modeling; Semiconductor device thermal factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002557544     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.663456     Document Type: Article

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