Inhomogeneous pumping and increased filamentation threshold of semiconductor lasers by contact profiling

Electronics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 1950-1951

  Skovgaard, P M W ^a   O'Brien, P ^a   McInerney, J G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; LIGHT MODULATION; LITHOGRAPHY; PUMPING (LASER); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRICAL CONTACT PAD; FILAMENTATION THRESHOLD; SLOPE EFFICIENCY; THRESHOLD CURRENT;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032179195     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19981349     Document Type: Article

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