Lasing behavior of circular grating surface-emitting semiconductor lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 449-453

  Jordan, Rebecca H ^a,b   Hall, Dennis G ^a   King, Oliver ^a,c   Wicks, Gary ^a   Rishton, Stephen ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; WAVEGUIDES;

ALUMINUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; CONCENTRIC CIRCLE GRATING SURFACE EMITTING LASERS; LASING PROPERTIES; SPECTRAL PURITY;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031076197     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.000449     Document Type: Article

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