Analytical calculation of transverse-mode characteristics in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1549-1557

  Valle, Angel ^a   Pesquera, Luis ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA DE CANTABRIA CSIC UC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 0042068383     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.001549     Document Type: Article

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