Design of low-loss single-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 574-581

  Bond, Aaron E ^a   Dapkus, P Daniel ^a,b,c   O'Brien, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG CELLS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

ALUMINUM ARSENIDE OXIDE; DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTORS; OXIDE APERTURES; STANDING WAVE; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0033123786     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.788420     Document Type: Article

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