Ultra-low threshold current vertical-cavity surfaceemitting lasers for photonic integrated circuits

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E80-C, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 664-673

  Deppe, Dennis G ^a   Huffaker, Diana L ^a   Dengt, Hongyu ^a   Deng, Qing ^a   Tchang Hun, O H ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Microcavities; Native oxides; Optical cavities; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; OXIDATION;

OPTICAL CAVITIES; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031147284     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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