Semiconductor lasers for planar integrated optoelectronics

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 147-173

  Sargent, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

PLANAR INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0033640097     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-1101(99)00221-X     Document Type: Article

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