Title :
Unstable resonator semiconductor lasers
Author :
Dente, Gregory C.
Author_Institution :
GCD Associates, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
First, we will review those features that allow unstable resonators to achieve high brightness. Second: we will describe how the overflow of carriers into the barrier layers strong influences the filamentation tendencies of broad-area high-brightness quantum well laser devices
Keywords :
brightness; filamentation instability; laser cavity resonators; laser stability; laser theory; quantum well lasers; barrier layers; broad-area high-brightness quantum well laser devices; filamentation; high brightness; review; unstable resonator semiconductor lasers; Diffraction; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Optical resonators; Oscillators; Power generation; Pump lasers; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1993. LEOS '93 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1263-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1993.379329
