Transverse modes in oxide confined VCSELs: Influence of pump profile, spatial hole burning, and thermal effects

Optics Express

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 38-47

  Degen, C ^a   Fischer, I ^a   Elsaßer W ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER OPTICS; LASER PULSES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

CARRIER DISTRIBUTIONS; GAUSSIAN MODES; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

OXIDES;

EID: 0002884533     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.5.000038     Document Type: Article

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