Uniform wafer-bonded oxide-confined bottom-emitting 850-nm VCSEL arrays on sapphire substrates

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 263-265

  Lin, Chao Kun ^a   Dapkus, P Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser resonator; Oxidation; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Wafer bonding

Indexed keywords

BONDING; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; LASER RESONATORS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SAPPHIRE; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SUBSTRATES;

VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS (VCSEL); WAFER BONDING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0035303588     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.917819     Document Type: Article

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