Electrothermal analysis of CW high-power broad-area laser diodes: A comparison between 2-D and 3-D modeling

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1180-1187

  Mukherjee, Jayanta ^b   McInerney, John G ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Broad area laser diode; Current spreading; Facet heating; Finite element method (FEM); Thermal model

Indexed keywords

BROAD-AREA LASER DIODES; CURRENT SPREADING; ELECTROTHERMAL ANALYSIS; FACET HEATING; THERMAL MODELS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLE BEAM INJECTION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 35348958987     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.903371     Document Type: Conference Paper

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