Tunable VCSEL with ultra-thin high contrast grating for high-speed tuning

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 14221-14226

  Zhou, Ye ^a   Huang, Michael C Y ^a   Chang Hasnain, Connie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; TRANSCEIVERS; TUNING;

CONTINUOUS WAVELENGTH TUNING; CONTINUOUS-WAVE OPERATIONS; HIGH INDEX CONTRAST; HIGH-CONTRAST GRATINGS; NANO-ELECTROMECHANICAL; SINGLE MODE EMISSION; SUB-WAVE LENGTH GRATING; TE-POLARIZED LIGHT;

SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 51149115295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.014221     Document Type: Article

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