Coupled-mode formulations for parallel-laser resonators with application to vertical-cavity semiconductor-laser arrays

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 966-971

  Hardy, Amos ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j}   Kapon, Eli ^a,b,j,k,l,m  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^g PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

ⁱ Spectra Diode Laboratories

^j OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^k CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^l TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^m Laboratory of Nanostructures

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFRACTION; LASER RESONATORS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MIRRORS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

COUPLED MODE THEORY; COUPLED OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE SYSTEMS; DEEP ETCHING; TWO DIMENSIONAL CHANNEL WAVEGUIDE; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030169090     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.502373     Document Type: Article

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