Title :
The Laser Diode: 50 Years On
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Cardiff Univ., Cardiff, UK
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;
Journal_Title :
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JSTQE.2013.2246778
