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William Streifer

William Streifer

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
56
Citations
9020
World Ranking
2124
National Ranking
22

Best Publications

  • Coupled mode theory of parallel waveguides

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  • Coupling coefficients for distributed feedback single- and double-heterostructure diode lasers

    W. Streifer;D. Scifres;R. Burnham

  • Effect of external reflectors on longitudinal modes of distributed feedback lasers

    W. Streifer;R. Burnham;D. Scifres

  • Coupled wave analysis of DFB and DBR lasers

    W. Streifer;D. Scifres;R. Burnham

  • Silicon nitride films on silicon for optical waveguides

    W Stutius;W Streifer

  • Phase-locked (GaAl)As laser diode emitting 2.6 W CW from a single mirror

    D.R. Scifres;C. Lindström;R.D. Burnham;W. Streifer

  • Analysis of grating-coupled radiation in GaAs:GaAlAs lasers and waveguides - I

    W. Streifer;D. Scifres;R. Burnham

  • Distributed‐feedback single heterojunction GaAs diode laser

    D. R. Scifres;R. D. Burnham;W. Streifer

  • Experimental and analytic studies of coupled multiple stripe diode lasers

    D. Scifres;W. Streifer;R. Burnham

  • Phase-locked semiconductor laser array

    D. R. Scifres;R. D. Burnham;W. Streifer

  • Analysis of second-order gratings

    A. Hardy;D.F. Welch;W. Streifer

  • Modal analysis of linear Talbot-cavity semiconductor lasers

    David Mehuys;William G. Streifer;Robert G. Waarts;David F. Welch

  • High power coupled multiple stripe quantum well injection lasers

    D. R. Scifres;R. D. Burnham;W. Streifer

  • Advances in diode laser pumps

    W. Streifer;D.R. Scifres;G.L. Harnagel;D.F. Welch

  • High power with high efficiency in a narrow single‐lobed beam from a diode laser array in an external cavity

    C. J. Chang‐Hasnain;J. Berger;D. R. Scifres;W. Streifer

  • Hybrid semiconductor laser/detectors

    Donald R. Scifres;Robert D. Burnham;William Streifer

  • Wavelength modification of AlxGa1−xAs quantum well heterostructure lasers by layer interdiffusion

    M. D. Camras;N. Holonyak;R. D. Burnham;W. Streifer

  • Optical analysis of multiple-quantum-well lasers

    W. Streifer;D. R. Scifres;R. D. Burnham

  • TM-mode coupling coefficients in guided-wave distributed feedback lasers

    W. Streifer;D. R. Scifres;R. D. Burnham

  • Application of the equivalent-index method to DH diode lasers

    William Streifer;Eli Kapon

  • Longitudinal mode spectra of diode lasers

    W. Streifer;D. R. Scifres;R. D. Burnham

  • Gain characteristics of strained quantum well lasers

    D. F. Welch;W. Streifer;C. F. Schaus;S. Sun

  • Beam scanning with twin‐stripe injection lasers

    D. R. Scifres;W. Streifer;R. D. Burnham

  • Highly collimated laser beams from electrically pumped SH GaAs/GaAlAs distributed−feedback lasers

    D. R. Scifres;R. D. Burnham;W. Streifer

  • High reflectivity GaAs‐AlGaAs mirrors fabricated by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition

    R. L. Thornton;R. D. Burnham;W. Streifer

  • Leaky wave room‐temperature double heterostructure GaAs:GaAlAs diode laser

    D. R. Scifres;W. Streifer;R. D. Burnham

  • Lateral beam collimation of a phased array semiconductor laser

    D. Scifres;R. D. Burnham;W. Streifer;M. Bernstein

  • Low-threshold single quantum well (60 Å) GaAlAs lasers grown by MO-CVD with Mg as p-type dopant

    R.D. Burnham;W. Streifer;D.R. Scifres;C. Lindström

  • Continuous wave high‐power, high‐temperature semiconductor laser phase‐locked arrays

    D. R. Scifres;R. D. Burnham;W. Streifer

  • Low threshold, high efficiency Ga1−xAlxAs single quantum well visible diode lasers grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition

    R. D. Burnham;D. R. Scifres;W. Streifer

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert D. Burnham
Robert D. Burnham Xerox (France)
Donald R. Scifres
Donald R. Scifres SDL Ventures
N. Holonyak
N. Holonyak University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David F. Welch
David F. Welch Infinera (United States)
Connie J. Chang-Hasnain
Connie J. Chang-Hasnain University of California, Berkeley
James J. Coleman
James J. Coleman The University of Texas at Dallas
Fernando Ponce
Fernando Ponce Arizona State University

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