Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers come of age

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2683, Issue , 1996, Pages 18-29

  Morgan, Robert A ^a   Lehman, John A ^a   Hibbs Brenner, Mary K ^a  

^a HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Data links; Lans; Optical interconnects; Semiconductor lasers; VCSELs

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; LASER PULSES; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; METALLORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; ORGANOMETALLICS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE; TRANSCEIVERS;

DATA LINK; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; LOW THRESHOLD VOLTAGE; METAL-ORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS; TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS; THRESHOLD CURRENTS; WALLPLUG EFFICIENCY;

SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

EID: 33749914997     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.237688     Document Type: Conference Paper

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