A historical perspective of the development of the vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1458-1463

  Towe, Elias ^a   Leheny, Robert F ^a   Yang, Andrew ^a  

^a DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

2 D laser arrays; Free space interconnects; VCSEL

Indexed keywords

VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER (VSCEL);

DATA PROCESSING; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0034313091     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.902201     Document Type: Article

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