High-performance small vertical-cavity lasers: a comparison of measured improvements in optical and current confinement in devices using tapered apertures

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 553-560

  Hegblom, E R ^a,b   Margalit, N M ^a,c   Fiore, A ^a   Coldren, L A ^a  

^a Santa Barbara   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

^c New Access Communications   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

CURRENT CONFINEMENT; OPTICAL CONFINEMENT; TAPERED APERTURES; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER; WALL PLUG EFFICIENCY;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0033123892     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.788418     Document Type: Article

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