Room-temperature threshold reduction in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers by injection of spin-polarized electrons

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Rudolph, J ^a   Dohrmann S ^a   Hagele D ^a   Oestreich, M ^a   Stolz, W ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

ROOM TEMPERATURE; THRESHOLD REDUCTION; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER (VCSEL);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 30344479963     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2146064     Document Type: Article

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