• DocumentCode
    1080371
  • Title

    Effect of screening tests on the lifetime statistics of injection lasers

  • Author

    Lynch, Robert T., Jr.

  • Author_Institution
    Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA, USA
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    1980
  • fDate
    11/1/1980 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1244
  • Lastpage
    1247
  • Abstract
    Injection laser lifetime data are subjected to a simple screening test to identify the longer lived units. The effect this has on the lifetime distribution, and in particular, on the reliability of a system composed of a set of these lasers is considered.
  • Keywords
    Life estimation; Semiconductor device reliability; Semiconductor lasers; Aging; Life testing; Light sources; Power generation; Power lasers; Redundancy; Reliability; Semiconductor lasers; Statistical analysis; Statistical distributions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1980.1070379
  • Filename
    1070379