Low current density, inverted polarity, high-speed, top-emitting 850nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

IET Optoelectronics

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 221-225

  Al Omari, A N ^a   Lear, K L ^b  

^a YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION;

FREQUENCY MODULATION BANDWIDTH; INVERTED POLARITY; LOW CURRENT DENSITY;

SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

EID: 34548680073     PISSN: 17518768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-opt:20070024     Document Type: Article

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