Transverse-leaky-mode characteristics of ARROW VCSELs

Author

Tee, C.W. ; Yu, S.F. ; Chen, N.S.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore

Volume

22

Issue

7

fYear

2004

fDate

7/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1797

Lastpage

1804

Abstract

Transverse-leaky-mode characteristics of antiresonant-reflecting-optical-waveguide (ARROW) vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) are studied. It is found that the suppression of high-order transverse leaky modes in ARROW VCSELs can be deteriorated by the influence of spatial hole burning and thermal lensing effects. On the other hand, a new design rule is proposed to deduce the optimum dimensions of ARROW so that the suppression of high-order transverse leaky modes can be enhanced. Furthermore, the turn-on transient response of ARROW VCSELs is investigated. It is found that the radiation loss has significant influence on the built-up time of the first-order transverse leaky mode.

Keywords

laser modes; optical hole burning; optical losses; semiconductor device models; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; thermal lensing; waveguide lasers; ARROW VCSEL; antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide; radiation loss; spatial hole burning; thermal lensing; transverse leaky modes; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical losses; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor waveguides; Surface emitting lasers; Thermal lensing; Transient response; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; ARROW; Antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide; SHB; VCSELs; mode control; multitransverse mode; semiconductor laser modeling; spatial hole burning; thermal lensing effect; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2004.831091

Filename

1310430