Holographie fabricated photonic-crystal distributed-feedback quantum cascade laser with near-diffraction-limited beam quality

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 18900-18905

  Lu, Quan Yong ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Wang, Li Jun ^a   Liu, Jun Qi ^a   Li, Lu ^a   Liu, Feng Qi ^a   Wang, Zhan Guo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; LITHOGRAPHY; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

DIFFRACTION-LIMITED BEAMS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK; FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; FAR-FIELD DIVERGENCE ANGLE; HOLOGRAPHIC LITHOGRAPHY; RECTANGULAR LATTICES; SIDE MODE SUPPRESSION RATIOS; SINGLE MODE EMISSION;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 70350340929     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.018900     Document Type: Article

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