The VCSEL odyssey [E-Book] / author: Kenichhi Iga
Discover the history behind the semiconductor laser diode that has enabled so many of the modern optomechanical devices we enjoy - the vertical cavity surface emitting laser - and its creator, Kenichi Iga. Translated from the original Japanese edition, this book charts a course through the author�...
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| Personal Name(s): | Iga, Kenichi, author |
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Bellingham, Washington :
SPIE,
2020
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1 online resource |
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englisch |
| ISBN: |
9781510637146 |
| DOI: |
10.1117/3.2570528 |
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- Preface
- 1. Everyone uses surface emitting lasers
- 2. Surface emitting lasers: from horizontal to vertical
- 3. My research: started from a ruby laser experiment
- 4. The very beginning is the most important part: well prepared, no regret
- 5. The birth of the surface emitting laser: a difficult delivery
- 6. Bell Labs: experiencing the major league
- 7. Continuous operation at room temperature: mission impossible
- 8. Special research fund and a wavelength-tunable surface emitting laser
- 9. The Berlin Wall collapse: the great research competition in the 1990s
- 10. Surface emitting lasers of various wavelengths: development of basic technology
- 11. Toward industrialization and big innovation
- 12. The internet and smartphones: the surface emitting lasers within
- 13. Massively parallel photonics: the dream continues
- 14. Surface emitting Laser patent: too early
- 15. Laws of making opportunity
- 16. Executive Director of the Funding Agency and University President: for science, education, and research
- 17. The 2013 Franklin Medal and the Bower Award and Prize
- References
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix 1: Author's major papers and books
- Appendix 2: Related literature on surface emitting Lasers and optoelectronics
- Appendix 3: Glossary of technical terms.