Thermal management in vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers: Finite-element analysis of a heatspreader approach

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 148-155

  Kemp, Alan J ^a   Valentine, Gareth J ^a   Hopkins, John Mark ^a   Hastie, Jennifer E ^a   Smith, Scott A ^a   Calvez, Stephane ^a   Dawson, Martin D ^a   Burns, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Semiconductor lasers; Solid lasers

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PUMPING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL VARIABLES CONTROL;

HEATSPREADER; THERMAL LENSING; THERMAL MANAGEMENT; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 13444279058     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2004.839706     Document Type: Article

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