Evolution of high-speed long-wavelength vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Semiconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Hofmann, W ^a,b,c  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WALTER SCHOTTKY INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURIED TUNNEL JUNCTION; CURRENT APERTURES; DATA RATES; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ERROR FREE OPERATIONS; HIGH OUTPUT; HIGH-SPEED; INP; LONG WAVELENGTH; MONOLITHIC APPROACH; SCHOTTKY; VCSEL ARRAYS; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER; WIDELY TUNABLE;

LASERS; PHOTONIC DEVICES; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

EID: 79551705382     PISSN: 02681242     EISSN: 13616641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/26/1/014011     Document Type: Article

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