Grating-based surface-emitting tapered unstable resonator lasers simulations and experiments

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1441-1448

  Kristjánsson, Sigurgeir ^a   Eriksson, Niklas ^a   Modh, Peter ^a   Larsson, Anders ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electron beam lithography; Gratings; Laser beam focusing; Laser resonators; Optical planar waveguide couplers; Semiconductor lasers; Simulation; Surface emitting lasers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042517751     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.958371     Document Type: Article

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