Cold-cavity vectorial eigenmodes of VCSEL's

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1205-1215

  Burak, D ^a   Binder, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed Bragg reflector lasers; Optical fiber polarization; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; LASER MODES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

COLD CAVITY VECTORIAL EIGENMODES; DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR LASERS; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS (VCSEL);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031185604     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.594886     Document Type: Article

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