Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with low-ripple optical pumping windows

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 366-371

  Knopp, Kevin J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Christensen, David H ^b,d   Hill, James R ^b,h,i,j  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UCB 450   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g NASA Langley Research Center ^*  (United States)

^h EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX   (United States)

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Author keywords

Distributed bragg reflector lasers; Laser resonators; Optical pumping; Semiconductor lasers; Thin film devices

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; THERMAL EFFECTS; THIN FILM DEVICES;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR (DBR) LASERS; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS (VCSEL);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031109231     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.605680     Document Type: Article

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