Title :
Semiconductor laser development and its impact
Author :
Suematsu, Yasuharu ; Iga, Kenichi
Author_Institution :
Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
It was recognized that semiconductor lasers were critical to realizing optical fiber communication systems and optoelectronics equipments. We will describe the advances in semiconductor lasers mostly on single mode lasers and VCSELs. We will discuss about their impact upon the field of photonics.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser modes; optical fibre communication; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; optical fiber communication system; optical transmission system; optoelectronics equipment; semiconductor laser; single mode lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Laser theory; Quantum cascade lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621321
