Radiation scattering by apertures in vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser cavities and its effects on mode structure

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1497-1511

  Riyopoulos, S ^a   Dialetis, D ^a  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PHASE SHIFT; RADIATION;

LASER CAVITIES;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0035600127     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.001497     Document Type: Article

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