Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers
Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers
Henryk Temkin, Texas Tech University
Larry A. Coldren, University of California, Santa Barbara
£85.00
GBPOne of the key advances in photonic technology in recent years is the development of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers, or VCSELs. These devices have a huge range of potential applications in areas such as communications, printing, and optical switching. This book, first published in 1999, provides a clear insight into the physics of VCSELs, as well as describing details of their fabrication and applications. All of the book's contributors are at the forefront of VCSEL research and development. Together they provide complete and coherent coverage of the current state-of-the-art. The opening chapters cover VCSEL design, emission from microcavities, growth, fabrication, and characterization. These are followed by chapters on long and short-wavelength VCSELs, optical data links, and free space optical processing. The book will be of great interest to graduate students and researchers in electrical engineering, applied physics, and materials science. It will also be an excellent reference volume for practising engineers in the photonics industry.
- Contains in-depth coverage of all important subjects related to VCSELs
- Written by academic and industrial authors
Reviews & endorsements
'There are many things I admire about this book … it is extremely valuable to have this collection of up-to-date summaries of the progress in this rapidly developing field. It will be essential reading for anyone engaged in diode laser R&D.' Contemporary Physics
'This book provides a clear insight into the physics of VCSELs and describes details of their fabrication and applications. All of the book's contributors are at the forefront of VCSEL research and developments. Together they provide complete and coherent coverage of the current state off the art. … This book will be of great interest t graduate students and researchers in electrical engineering, applied physics, and material science. It will also be an excellent reference volume for practising engineers in the photonics industry.' P. K. Wilson, Optik
Product details
January 2002Paperback
9780521006293
474 pages
255 × 180 × 25 mm
0.859kg
21 tables
Available
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction to VCSELs L. A. Coldren, C. W. Wilmsen and H. Temkin
- 2. Fundamental issues in VCSEL design L. A. Coldren and Eric R. Hegblom
- 3. Enhancement of spontaneous emission in microcavities E. F. Schubert and N. E. J. Hunt
- 4. Epitaxy of vertical-cavity lasers R. P. Schneider Jr and Y. H. Young
- 5. Fabrication and performance of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers Kent D. Choquette and Kent Geib
- 6. Polarization related properties of vertical cavity lasers Dmitri Kuksenkov and Henryk Temkin
- 7. Visible light emitting vertical cavity lasers Robert L. Thornton
- 8. Long-wavelength vertical-cavity lasers Dubrakovo I. Babic, Joachim Piprek and John E. Bowers
- 9. Overview of VCSEL applications Richard C. Williamson
- 10. Optical interconnection applications and required characteristics Kenichi Kasahara
- 11. VCSEL-based fiber-optic data communications Kenneth Hahn and Kirk Giboney
- 12. VCSEL-based smart pixels for free space optoelectronic processing C. W. Wilmsen.
