Self-consistent real three-dimensional simulation of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1761-1769

  Nyakas, Péter ^a   Varga, Gábor ^a   Puskás, Zsolt ^b   Hashizume, Naoki ^b   Kárpáti, Tamás ^a   Veszprémi, Tamás ^a   Zsombok, György ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b Furukawa Electric Institute of Technology Hungary   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

THREE-DIMENSIONAL DYNAMICAL MODEL; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33749626638     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.001761     Document Type: Article

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