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Facilities: CSRL Accomplishments

 
  • 1986 — Light-hole p-channel field-effect transistor (FET)
  • 1989 — Electrically steerable high-power diode laser array
  • 1989 — Record strain-induced reduction in laser threshold
  • 1989 — CW photopumped resonant-periodic-gain VCSEL
  • 1990 — 1.06 mm asymmetric Fabry-Perot optical modulator
  • 1991 — Photopumped visible (657 nm) VCSEL array based on AlGaInP/GaAs
  • 1992 — 1.3 mm Fabry-Perot optical reflectance modulator
  • 1993 — Visible VCSEL diode
  • 1994 — 50%-efficient VCSEL diode
  • 1995 — Record ultra-high-mobility (2x106 cm2/V-s) MOVPE-grown GaAs
  • 1997 — Record 20GHz bandwidth VCSEL
  • 1997 — Miimeter-wave source using monolithic optoelectronics
  • 1999 — First phase-coherent coupled VCSEL array based on leaky-modes
  • 2000 — Firs CW electrically-injected 1300nm VCSEL on GaAs
  • 2000 — Record 7pS switching speed in symmetric self-electro-optic device

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