Comparison of optical losses in dielectric-apertured vertical-cavity lasers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 590-592

  Floyd, P D ^a,b   Thibeault, B J ^a,b   Hegblom, E R ^a,b   Ko, J ^b   Coldren, L A ^a,b   Merz, J L ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b University of California   (United States)

^c University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; LIGHT SCATTERING; MIRRORS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SUBSTRATES;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR; OPTICAL SCATTERING LOSSES; VERTICAL CAVITY LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030151043     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.491548     Document Type: Review

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