Diffusive turn-off transients in current modulated multitransverse mode VCSELs

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4649, Issue , 2002, Pages 50-61

  Valle, Angel ^a   Mulet, Josep ^b   Pesquera, Luis ^a   Balle, Salvador ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Current modulation; Semiconductor lasers; Transverse modes; Vertical cavity lasers

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

CURRENT MODULATION; DIFFUSIVE TURN-OFF TRANSIENTS; TRANSVERSE MODES; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0036407626     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.469217     Document Type: Article

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