Effect of linewidth enhancement factor in the 1.55 -μm MQW high-power laser diodes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4905, Issue , 2002, Pages 545-551

  Han, Il Ki ^a   Cho, Si Hyung ^b   Lee, Jung Il ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Broad area; Filamentations; Laser diodes; Linewidth enhancement factor

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

MULTI-QUANTUM WELLS (MQW);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0141530623     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.481055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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