Gain-Dependent Polarization Properties of Vertical-Cavity Lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 661-666

  Choquette, Kent D ^a   Schneider, Richard P ^a   Lear, Kevin L ^a   Leibenguth, Ronald E ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; LASER MODES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; METALLORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; MIRRORS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR MIRRORS; EIGEN POLARIZATIONS; INFRARED GAIN GUIDED VERTICAL CAVITY LASERS; POLARIZATION RESONANCES; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0029326939     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: 15584542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.401255     Document Type: Article

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