Apodizing holographic gratings for dual-wavelength operation of broad-area semiconductor lasers

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 36, 1998, Pages 8420-8425

  Lepage, Jean François ^a   Mc Carthy, Nathalie ^a  

^a CENTRE D OPTIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; HOLOGRAPHY; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REFLECTION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

APODIZING HOLOGRAPHIC GRATINGS; DUAL WAVELENGTH OPERATION; GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032553822     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.008420     Document Type: Article

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