Efficient Semiconductor Ring Lasers Made by a Simple Self-Aligned Fabrication Process

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 757-761

  Krauss, Thomas F ^a   DeLaRue, Richard M ^a   Laybourn, Peter J R ^a   Vögele, Brigitte ^a   Stanley, Colin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; DEGRADATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ETCHING; GEOMETRY; LASER RESONATORS; LITHOGRAPHY; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; RING LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH;

ASYMMETRIC COUPLE GEOMETRY; COUPLER GEOMETRY; EFFICIENT SEMICONDUCTOR RING LASERS; FIBER TO THE HOME SYSTEMS; RING RESONATOR LASERS; SIMPLE SELF ALIGNED FABRICATION PROCESS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0029322899     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: 15584542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.401268     Document Type: Article

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