Efficient vertical cavity surface emitting laser diodes for high bit rate optical data transmission

AEU-Archiv fur Elektronik und Ubertragungstechnik

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 316-326

  Ebeling, Karl J ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Fiedler, Ulrich ^a   Michalzik, Rainer ^a   Reiner, Gernot ^a   Weigl, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e Optoelectronics Department

^f Microtechnology Center

Author keywords

Data transmission; Device modeling; High efficiency; MBE growth; Semiconductor laser; Vertical cavity laser

Indexed keywords

DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

DEVICE MODELING; MBE GROWTH; VERTICAL-CAVITY LASER;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030233381     PISSN: 00011096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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