Performance of Gain-Guided Surface Emitting Lasers with Semiconductor Distributed Bragg Reflectors

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 1377-1385

  Hasnain, Ghulam ^a   Tai, Kuochou ^a   Wang, Y H ^a   Fischer, R J ^a   Wynn, James D ^a   Weir, Bonnie ^a   Dutta, Niloy K ^a   Cho, Alfred Y ^a   Yang, L ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; RESONATORS, CAVITY;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTORS; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 0026173322     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.89954     Document Type: Article

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