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Extended cavity surface-emitting semiconductor lasers

Tropper et al., 2006

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11223371957981932406
Author
Tropper A
Hoogland S
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Progress in Quantum Electronics

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We review progress in the development of an unconventional type of semiconductor laser that has become the focus of much attention in recent years. The vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser is a diode-pumped solid-state laser with a semiconductor quantum …
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