Nonparaxial analysis of the far–field radiation patterns of double–heterostructure lasers

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1442-1451

  Li, Yajun ^a   Katz, Joseph ^a  

^a Symbol Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam divergence angles; Diode laser beam; Gaussian distribution; Guiding mechanism; Huygens Fresnel principle; Lorentzian distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013220318     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.001442     Document Type: Article

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