• DocumentCode
    65290
  • Title

    The Laser Diode: 50 Years On

  • Author

    Blood, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Cardiff Univ., Cardiff, UK
  • Volume
    19
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    July-Aug. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1503201
  • Lastpage
    1503201
  • Abstract
    This paper is an introduction to the following three papers summarizing presentations made at the rump session of the International Semiconductor Laser Conference (San Diego, CA, USA, Oct. 2012), which addressed the question: What is a laser?
  • Keywords
    semiconductor lasers; International Semiconductor Laser Conference; laser diode; Diode lasers; Laser modes; Measurement by laser beam; Semiconductor lasers; Spontaneous emission; Diode lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1077-260X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JSTQE.2013.2246778
  • Filename
    6468060