High Power Conversion Efficiencies and Scaling Issues for Multimode Vertical-Cavity Top-Surface-Emitting Lasers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 1994, Pages 778-781

  Lear, K L ^a   Kilcoyne, S P ^a   Chalmers, S A ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC NETWORK PARAMETERS; ION IMPLANTATION; LASER MODES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PRODUCT DESIGN; PROTONS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SUBSTRATES;

MULTIMODE VERTICAL CAVITY TOP SURFACE EMITTING LASERS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PROTON IMPLANTATION; SCALING ISSUES;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0028462553     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.311452     Document Type: Article

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