Title :
Thermal resistance of top-surface-emitting vertical-cavity semiconductor lasers and monolithic two-dimensional arrays
Author :
Nakwaski, Wlodzimierz ; Osinski, M.
Author_Institution :
New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM, USA
fDate :
3/12/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A simple, analytical formula is applied to investigate the thermal behaviour of planar vertical-cavity diode lasers emitting through the top surface in the substrate-down configuration. Individual emitters and large-size two-dimensional arrays are considered.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser theory; semiconductor device models; semiconductor junction lasers; semiconductor laser arrays; thermal resistance; 2D laser arrays; diode lasers; monolithic two-dimensional arrays; semiconductor lasers; substrate-down configuration; thermal behaviour; thermal model; thermal resistance; top-surface-emitting; vertical-cavity;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19920361
