The VCSEL odyssey : surface emitting laser : born small and grown big / Kenichi Iga, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Iga, Kenichi, 1940- author.

Contributor:

Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, publisher.

Series:

SPIE monograph ; PM318.

SPIE digital library

SPIE Press monograph ; PM318

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Semiconductor lasers.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 pages)

Place of Publication:

Bellingham, Washington : SPIE, 2020.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"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's life and the evolution of the laser industry, exploring the scientific, economic, and personal developments that occurred over the last sixty years"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

This book is extended English version of the book published in Japanese from OPTORONICS Company Limited, Tokyo Japan in December 2018.

"SPIE Digital Library."--Website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title from PDF title page (SPIE eBooks Website, viewed 2020-08-24).

Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

9781510637146

OCLC:

1143800724

Access Restriction:

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