Morphological dependence of lasing modes in two-dimensional quasi-stadium laser diodes

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 935-943

  Fukushima, Takehiro ^a   Harayama, Takahisa ^b   Miyasaka, Tomohiro ^b   Vaccaro, Pablo O ^b  

^a OKAYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LASER MODES; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MIRRORS; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

FOX-LI MODE CALCULATION METHOD; LASING CHARACTERISTICS; MORPHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE; QUASI-STADIUM LASER DIODES;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 10044258644     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.000935     Document Type: Article

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