Compact, Integrated Optical Disk Readout Head Using a Novel Bistable Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 245-247

  Hudgings, Janice A ^a   Lim, Sui F ^a   Li, Gabriel S ^a   Yuen, Wupen ^a   Lau, Kam Y ^a   Chang Hasnain, Connie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; OPTICAL DESIGN; READOUT SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS (VCSEL);

OPTICAL DISK STORAGE;

EID: 0033079729     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.740718     Document Type: Article

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