Design and evaluation of fundamental-mode and polarization-stabilized VCSELs with a subwavelength surface grating

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 231-240

  Haglund, Åsa ^a   Gustavsson, Johan S ^a   Bengtsson, Jörgen ^a   Jedrasik, Piotr ^a   Larsson, Anders ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Polarization; Single mode; Subwavelength grating; Surface relief; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs)

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DESIGN; ETCHING; EVALUATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OXIDES; POLARIZATION;

FAR-FIELD BEAM PROFILE; ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATION SUPPRESSION RATIO; OUTPUT POWER; SIDE-MODE SUPPRESSION RATIO; SINGLE-MODE; SUBWAVELENGTH SURFACE GRATING; SURFACE RELIEF; THERMAL ROLL-OVER; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS (VCSELS);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 32244431974     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.863703     Document Type: Article

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