Critical design parameters for engineering broadly tunable asymmetric multiple-quantum-well lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 978-983

  Hamp, Michael J ^a   Cassidy, Daniel T ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LASER TUNING; OPTIMIZATION;

ASYMMETRIC MULTIPLE QUANTUM WELL LASERS; TRANSITION CAVITY LENGTH;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0034249553     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.853559     Document Type: Article

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