Quick Fabrication VCSELs for Characterisation of Epitaxial Material
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Threshold Current
3.2. Output Power
3.3. Emission Spectra
3.4. Wavelength Tuning
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Baker, J.; Allford, C.P.; Gillgrass, S.-J.; Forrest, R.; Hayes, D.G.; Nabialek, J.; Hentschel, C.; Davies, J.I.; Shutts, S.; Smowton, P.M. Quick Fabrication VCSELs for Characterisation of Epitaxial Material. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 9369. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11209369
Baker J, Allford CP, Gillgrass S-J, Forrest R, Hayes DG, Nabialek J, Hentschel C, Davies JI, Shutts S, Smowton PM. Quick Fabrication VCSELs for Characterisation of Epitaxial Material. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11(20):9369. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11209369
Chicago/Turabian StyleBaker, Jack, Craig P. Allford, Sara-Jayne Gillgrass, Richard Forrest, David G. Hayes, Josie Nabialek, Curtis Hentschel, J. Iwan Davies, Samuel Shutts, and Peter M. Smowton. 2021. "Quick Fabrication VCSELs for Characterisation of Epitaxial Material" Applied Sciences 11, no. 20: 9369. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11209369