Coherence of photonic crystal vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser arrays

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-30

  Lehman, Anne C ^a   Raftery Jr , James J ^a,c   Carney, Paul S ^b   Choquette, Kent D ^a  

^a United States of America   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherence; Photonic crystal (PhC); Vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; COHERENT LIGHT; INJECTION LASERS; VISIBILITY;

FAR FIELD INTENSITY PATTERNS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 33846096218     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2006.884586     Document Type: Article

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