Optical gain spectra for near UV to aquamarine (Al,In)GaN laser diodes

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 7730-7736

  Kojima, K ^a   Schwarz, Ulrich T ^a,b   Funato, M ^a   Kawakami, Y ^a   Nagahama, S ^c   Mukai, T ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c NICHIA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DATA ACQUISITION; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FERMI LEVEL; GALLIUM NITRIDE; INDIUM; WAVELENGTH;

AQUAMARINE; GAIN SPECTRA; MOLE FRACTION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 34250189540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.007730     Document Type: Article

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