Longitudinal photonic bandgap crystal laser diodes with ultra-narrow vertical beam divergence

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6115, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Maximov, M V ^a   Shemyakov, Yu M ^a   Novikov, I I ^a   Kuznetsov, S M ^a   Karachinsky, L Ya ^a,b   Gordeev, N Yu ^a   Soshnikov, I P ^a   Musikhin, Yu G ^a   Kryzhanovskaya, N V ^a   Sharon, A ^c   Ben Ami, U ^c   Kalosha, V P ^c,d   Zakharov, N D ^e   Werner, P ^e   Kettler, T ^b   Posilovic, K ^b   Shchukin, V A ^a,b   Ledentsov, N N ^a,b   Bimberg, D ^b  

^a IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c PBC Lasers Ltd   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Longitudinal photonic bandgap crystal; Narrow beam divergence; Quantum well; Semiconductor laser

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

LONGITUDINAL PHOTONIC BANDGAP CRYSTAL; NARROW BEAM DIVERGENCE; PHOTONIC BANDGAP CRYSTAL (PBC);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33646574347     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.661389     Document Type: Conference Paper

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