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
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