VCSELs with enhanced single-mode power and stabilized polarization for oxygen sensing

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2256-2258

  Ostermann, Johannes Michael ^a   Rinaldi, Fernando ^a   Debernardi, Pierluigi ^b   Michalzik, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gas sensing; Optical gratings; Polarization control; Single mode; Spectroscopy; Vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL)

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MIRRORS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; SPECTROSCOPY;

OPTICAL OUTPUT POWER; OXYGEN SENSING; POLARIZATION CONTROL; SINGLE MODE SINGLE POLARIZATION EMISSION; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER (VCSEL);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 27744488408     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.858134     Document Type: Article

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