Burnham et al., 1975 - Google Patents
Etched buried heterostructure GaAs/GaAlAs injection lasersBurnham et al., 1975
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- 2217025296351975741
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- Burnham R
- Scifres D
- Publication year
- Publication venue
- Applied Physics Letters
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An injection laser is described in which a semicircular GaAs active region is completely surrounded by Ga 1-x Al x As by using selective etching and a single liquid-phase epitaxial growth. The active region dimensions can be made much more symmetric than those …
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