Enhancement of lateral mode discrimination in broad-area VCSELs using curved Bragg mirrors

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 543-549

  Sarangan, Andrew M ^a   Peake, Gregory M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Lateral mode; Microlens; Nonplanar; Shadow mask; Vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; LIGHT MODULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; REFLECTION;

CURVED BRAGG MIRRORS; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 1942486297     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.824378     Document Type: Article

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