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Analysis of Beam Quality Factor for Semiconductor Lasers

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Output beam characteristics have been analyzed by numerical simulation for semiconductor lasers with various waveguide structures. It was found that the beam quality factors depend significantly on the transverse-mode confining structures.

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  1. Advanced Discrete Semiconductor Technology Laboratory, Corporate Research & Development Center, Toshiba Corporation 1 Komukai Toshiba-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki, 212-8582, Japan

    Gen-ichi Hatakoshi

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Hatakoshi, Gi. Analysis of Beam Quality Factor for Semiconductor Lasers. OPT REV 10, 307–314 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-003-0307-1

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