Second-harmonic distortion in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with lateral loss effects

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 546-552

  Chui, P C ^a   Yu, S F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Department of Electronic Engineering   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTORTION (WAVES); FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LASER RESONATORS; LASER THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

DIFFERENTIAL CAVITY LOSS; DIFFERENTIAL CONFINEMENT FACTOR; DIFFRACTION LOSS; LATERAL LOSS EFFECTS; SECOND HARMONIC DISTORTION; SELF FOCUSING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASER MODELING; SMALL SIGNAL MODULATION; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0033123722     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.788417     Document Type: Article

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