Design of high-brightness tapered laser arrays

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 822-831

  Williams, K A ^a   Penty, R V ^a   White, I H ^a   Robbins, D J ^b   Wilson, F J ^b   Lewandowski, J J ^b   Nayar, B K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GMMT Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIMULATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEGUIDES;

BEAM PROPAGATION MODELLING; HIGH BRIGHTNESS LASERS; LASER ARRAYS; TAPERED LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0033123791     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.788456     Document Type: Article

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