Design of Injection Lasers for Improved Radiation Performance.

Abstract

This research was concerned with (1) the electromagnetic modes and (2) the radiation pattern characteristics of contemporary injection laser structures. The objective was to investigate laser structures which can produce stable-beam radiation patterns. The control of lateral fields in lasers has been accomplished with many novel devices such as the channeled-substrate-planar, buried heterostructure and strip-loaded waveguide. The drawback to the stripe laser is that it is laterally unstable. Much of our work has been aimed at rigorously modeling the electromagnetic modes of stripe lasers. We have also applied our analysis to other lasers such as the channeled-substrate-planar device. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 14, 1979
Accession Number
ADA078519

Entities

People

  • Jerome K. Butler

Organizations

  • Southern Methodist University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Boundaries
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Engineering
  • Far Field
  • Geometry
  • Heterojunctions
  • Lasers
  • Near Field
  • Optics
  • Photonic Integrated Circuits
  • Quantum Efficiency
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Patterns
  • Refractive Index
  • Semiconductors
  • Waveguides

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Microwave Engineering.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy