Comprehensive circuit-level model of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2612-2632

  Mena, P V ^a,b   Morikuni, J J ^b,c   Kang, S M ^a   Harton, A V ^b   Wyatt, K W ^b  

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

^b MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

^c Tellabs Operations Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

SPATIAL HOLE BURNING; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS (VCSEL);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0033335953     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.809684     Document Type: Article

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