Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers : Design, Fabrication, Characterization, and Applications

1. Introduction to VCSELs L. A. Coldren, C. W. Wilmsen and H. Temkin 2. Fundamental issues in VCSEL design L. A. Coldren and Eric R. Hegblom 3. Enhancement of spontaneous emission in microcavities E. F. Schubert and N. E. J. Hunt 4. Epitaxy of vertical-cavity lasers R. P. Schneider Jr and Y. H. Young 5. Fabrication and performance of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers Kent D. Choquette and Kent Geib 6. Polarization related properties of vertical cavity lasers Dmitri Kuksenkov and Henryk Temkin 7. Visible light emitting vertical cavity lasers Robert L. Thornton 8. Long-wavelength vertical-cavity lasers Dubrakovo I. Babic, Joachim Piprek and John E. Bowers 9. Overview of VCSEL applications Richard C. Williamson 10. Optical interconnection applications and required characteristics Kenichi Kasahara 11. VCSEL-based fiber-optic data communications Kenneth Hahn and Kirk Giboney 12. VCSEL-based smart pixels for free space optoelectronic processing C. W. Wilmsen.