AlGaAs vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser responses to 4.5-MeV proton irradiation

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1552-1554

  Schone H ^b   Carson, R F ^a,c   Paxton, A H ^a,b   Taylor, E W ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed bragg reflector laser; Proton radiation effects; Space vehicle electronics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ION BEAMS; ION BOMBARDMENT; MIRRORS; PROTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR (DBR) LASERS; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS (VCSEL);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031383170     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.643257     Document Type: Article

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