• DocumentCode
    977770
  • Title

    Long lasting vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

  • Author

    Vakhshoori, D. ; Wynn, J.D. ; Leibenguth, R.E. ; Novotny, R.A.

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    24
  • fYear
    1993
  • Firstpage
    2118
  • Lastpage
    2119
  • Abstract
    Some long lasting vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) are reported. The 2700h of operation indicates approximately 5%/10kh degradation rate predicting mean time to failure of approximately 105h. These are the longest lasting VCSELs reported to date.
  • Keywords
    aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; laser cavity resonators; life testing; optical testing; semiconductor device testing; semiconductor lasers; 2700 h; AlGaAs; GaAlAs; VCSELs; degradation rate; long lasting vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; mean time to failure;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19931416
  • Filename
    247607