AlInGaAs/AlGaAs strained-layer 850 nm vertical-cavity lasers with very low thresholds

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 1550-1551

  Ko, J ^a   Hegblom, E R ^a   Akulova, Y ^a   Margalit, N M ^a   Coldren, L A ^a  

^a University of California at Santa Barbara   (United States)

Author keywords

Semiconductor junction lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE TESTING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031207943     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19971037     Document Type: Article

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