Fabrication of high-packing-density vertical cavity surface-emitting laser arrays using selective oxidation

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 596-598

  Huffaker, D L ^a   Graham, L A ^a   Deppe, D G ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

ELECTRICAL CONFINEMENT; INTERELEMENT THERMAL COUPLING; OPTICAL CONFINEMENT; OPTICAL MODE STRUCTURE; SELECTIVE OXIDATION; VERTICAL CAVITY LASER ARRAYS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030151044     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.491550     Document Type: Article

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