Loss and index guiding in single-mode proton-implanted holey vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1091-1096

  Leisher, Paul O ^a   Danner, Aaron J ^b,c   Raftery Jr , James J ^d   Siriani, Dominic ^a   Choquette, Kent D ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (Singapore)

^c Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research   (India)

^d UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed bragg reflector lasers; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVES; CW OPERATION; DIFFRACTION LOSS; DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR LASERS; ETCHED PATTERNS; FILL FACTOR; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; INDEX GUIDING; INDEX PROFILE; OPERATING RANGES; OUTPUT POWER; PULSED OPERATION; SHAPED HOLES; SINGLE MODE; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTORS; LASER OPTICS; LASERS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PROTONS; REFLECTION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

DBR LASERS;

EID: 34247195009     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2006.882031     Document Type: Article

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