Selection and modulation of high-order transverse modes in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1924-1932

  Valle, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA DE CANTABRIA CSIC UC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beam steering; Semiconductor lasers; Spatial switching; Transverse modes; Vertical cavity lasers

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LASER MODES; LASER PULSES; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PROBABILITY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

BEAM STEERING; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS (VCSEL);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032187736     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.720228     Document Type: Article

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