Thermal behavior of tensile-strain InGaAsP-InP lasers with varying ridgewidth

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 889-891

  Huang, Ron ^a   Simmons, John G ^a   Jessop, Paul E ^a   Evans, John ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Laser heating; Quantum well; Ridge waveguide; Semiconductor laser; Strain

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; STRAIN; SUBSTRATES; TENSILE PROPERTIES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LASER HEATING; RIDGE WAVEGUIDES; RIDGEWIDTH LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031185336     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.593335     Document Type: Article

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