Scattering losses from dielectric apertures in vertical-cavity lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 379-389

  Hegblom, Eric R ^a,b   Babic, Dubravko I ^a,c   Thibeault, Brian J ^a,b   Coldren, Larry A ^a,b,d,e,f,g  

^a IEEE

^b University of California   (United States)

^c HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Optoelectronics Technology Center   (United States)

^g OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser resonators; Optical scattering; Optical diffraction; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; LASER MODES; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

OPTICAL DIFFRACTION; VERTICAL CAVITY LASERS (VCL);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031109215     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.605682     Document Type: Article

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