Optically Pumped Membrane BH-DFB Lasers for Low-Threshold and Single-Mode Operation

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1361-1366

  Okamoto, Takeshi ^a   Nunoya, Nobuhiro ^b   Onodera, Yuichi ^c   Yamazaki, Tatsuya ^a   Tamura, Shigeo ^a   Arai, Shigehisa ^a,d  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benzocyclobutene (BCB); CH 4 H2 RIE; Distributed feedback (DFB) laser; GaInAsP InP; OMVPE regrowth

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; METALLORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; OPTICAL PUMPING; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

BENZOCYCLOBUTENE (BCB); CH4/H2-REACTIVE ION ETCHING (RIE); DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK (DFB) LASERS; GAINASP-INP; OMVPE REGROWTH;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 1342282379     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2003.819495     Document Type: Conference Paper

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