Resonant-wavelength control and optical-confinement analysis for graded SCH VCSELs using a self-consistent effective-index method

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 555-560

  Ng, Wei Choon ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Hess, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective index method (EIM); GRIN separate confinement heterostructure; Optical confinement; Resonance; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs)

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; RESONANCE; VECTORS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

EFFECTIVE INDEX METHOD; GRADED SEPARATE CONFINEMENT HETEROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL CONFINEMENT; RESONANT WAVELENGTH CONTROL; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0037566465     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.808758     Document Type: Article

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