Review of II-VI green laser diodes

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E83-C, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 536-545

  Okuyama, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a SONY CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

II VI; LD; Zncdse; Znmgsse; Znse

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRODES; ENERGY GAP; OPTIMIZATION; REFLECTION HIGH ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; RELIABILITY; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; STOICHIOMETRY;

GREEN LASER DIODES; LOW OPERATING VOLTAGING DEVICE; QUATERNARY ALLOY;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0033723187     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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