Efficient single-mode oxide-confined GaAs VCSEL's emitting in the 850-nm wavelength regime

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1304-1306

  Grabherr, M ^b   Jager R ^b   Michalzik, R ^b   Weigl, B ^b   Reiner, G ^b   Ebeling, K J ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser modes; Laser resonators; Optical resonators; Semiconductor laser; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSEL's)

Indexed keywords

ETCHING; LASER MODES; LASER RESONATORS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; OXIDATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

SIDE MODE SUPPRESSION RATIO (SMSR); VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS (VCSEL);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031259371     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.623244     Document Type: Article

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