High performance and novel effects of micromechanical tunable vertical-cavity lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 691-697

  Vail, E C ^b   Li, Gabriel S ^a,c   Yuen, Wupen ^a,c   Chang Hasnain, Constance J ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b SDL INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser tuning; Lasers; Microelectromechanical devices; Semiconductor lasers; Turnable devices

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; LASER TUNING; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

THRESHOLD CURRENTS; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS (VCSEL);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031108933     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.605722     Document Type: Article

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