Scalable high-CW-power high-speed 980-nm VCSEL arrays

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1590-1596

  Safaisini, Rashid ^a   Joseph, John R ^b,c   Lear, Kevin L ^a  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c TriLumina Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

High power semiconductor lasers; modulation bandwidth; VCSEL arrays; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs)

Indexed keywords

3 DB BANDWIDTH; AC FREQUENCY RESPONSE; ARRAY ELEMENTS; CONTINUOUS-WAVE POWER; FLIP-CHIP BONDING; GAIN-SWITCHED; HIGH MODULATION FREQUENCY; HIGH OUTPUT POWER; HIGH POWER SEMICONDUCTOR LASER; HIGH-SPEED; MODULATION BANDWIDTH; OUTPUT PULSE; PULSE MEASUREMENTS; THERMAL MANAGEMENT; UNIFORM CURRENTS; VCSEL ARRAYS; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER;

BANDWIDTH; COPPER PLATING; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; FLIP CHIP DEVICES; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LASERS; MICROOPTICS; MODULATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POWER ELECTRONICS; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 77951589979     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2010.2053917     Document Type: Article

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