Beam Propagation Model for Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers: Threshold Properties

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1994, Pages 1529-1536

  Zhang, Jian Ping ^a   Petermann, Klaus ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRON LENSES; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BLOCH WAVE CONCEPT; BRAGG REFLECTORS; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0028467825     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.299484     Document Type: Article

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