Angle-etched facet laser arrays (fan laser arrays)

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 684-690

  Francis, Daniel A ^b,c,d   Chang Hasnain, Constance J ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

COD; Etched facets; Facet roughness; Fan laser; Laser; Laser array; Micromachining; Power density; Thermal crosstalk modeling; Two dimensional laser scanner

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; ETCHING; LASER BEAMS; LASER MODES; MICROMACHINING; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

ANGLE ETCHED FACET LASERS; THERMAL CROSSTALK MODELING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031108388     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.605721     Document Type: Article

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