Selectively oxidised vertical cavity surface emitting lasers with 50% power conversion efficiency

Electronics Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 208-209

  Lear, K L ^a   Choquette, K D ^a   Schneider, R P ^a   Kilcoyne, S P ^a   Geib, K M ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

Indexed keywords

EPITAXIAL GROWTH; LASER MODES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OXIDATION; PROTONS; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

OPTICAL CONFINEMENT; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SELECTIVELY OXIDIZED VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0029632464     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19950125     Document Type: Article

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