Numerical modeling of undercut ridge VCSEL's designed for CW operation at 1.3 μm: Design optimization

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2221-2229

  Tsigopoulos, Andreas ^a   Paschos, Vassilis ^a   Caroubalos, Constantinos ^a   Salet, Paul ^b   Jacquet, Joel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Numerical modeling; Semiconductor lasers; VC SEL's

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CHARGE CARRIERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; HEAT RESISTANCE; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTIMIZATION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS (VCSEL);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031378944     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.644105     Document Type: Article

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