Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers: Design, Growth, Fabrication, Characterization

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 1332-1346

  Jewell, Jack L ^a   Lee, Y H ^a   Harbison, J P ^b   Scherer, A ^b   Florez, L T ^b  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION BEAMS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS--ETCHING;

SURFACE-EMMITTING LASERS;

LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 0026172831     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.89950     Document Type: Article

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