Threshold and Modal Characteristics of Composite-Resonator Vertical-Cavity Lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1526-1530

  Grasso, Daniel M ^a   Choquette, Kent D ^a  

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

Author keywords

Coupled cavity; Modal evolution; Threshold current; Vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL)

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ION IMPLANTATION; METALLORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHOTODETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

COUPLED CAVITY; MODAL EVOLUTION; THRESHOLD CURRENTS; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS (VCSEL);

LASERS;

EID: 0346685874     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.819544     Document Type: Article

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