Design guidelines for fundamental-mode-operated cascade nitride VCSELs

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 495-497

  Maćkowiak, Pawel ^a   Sarzala, Robert P ^a   Wasiak, Michal ^a   Nakwaski, Wlodzimierz ^a,b  

^a LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Device modeling; Fundamental mode operation; Nitride lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs)

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PERFORMANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

DOUBLE RING CONTACTED LASER; LAPLACE EQUATION; NITRIDE LASERS; OPTICAL-ELECTRICAL-THERMAL DEVICE MODELING; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0141595471     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.809314     Document Type: Article

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