High brightness single-mode ridge laser utilizing buried heterostructure defined by quantum-well intermixing

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1391-1393

  Walker, C L ^b   Bryce, A C ^a,b   Marsh, J H ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buried heterostructures; High brightness lasers; Integrated optoelectronics; Optical waveguides; Quantum well intermixing; Spatial mode stabilization

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LASER MODES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POINT DEFECTS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SPUTTER DEPOSITION; SYSTEM STABILITY;

BURIED HETEROSTRUCTURES; HIGH BRIGHTNESS SINGLE-MODE RIDGE LASER; QUANTUM-WELL INTERMIXING; SPATIAL MODE STABILIZATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0036772747     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.802070     Document Type: Article

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