• DocumentCode
    1029329
  • Title

    Subwavelength Grating-Mirror VCSEL With a Thin Oxide Gap

  • Author

    Chung, II-Sung ; Mørk, Jesper ; Gilet, Philippe ; Chelnokov, Alexei

  • Author_Institution
    Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby
  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    105
  • Lastpage
    107
  • Abstract
    A new vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) structure based on a subwavelength grating mirror and a thin oxide gap is suggested and numerically investigated. The structure is shown to exhibit similar threshold gain, suppression of higher order transverse modes, and polarization stability as a grating-mirror VCSEL reported in the literature based on a thick air gap. The thin oxide gap structure has a number of advantages including easier fabrication, better mechanical stability, and very strong single-mode properties.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser modes; laser stability; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; single-mode properties; subwavelength grating mirror; thick air gap; thin oxide gap; vertical cavity surface emitting laser; Apertures; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Gratings; Laser modes; Oxidation; Polarization; Power generation; Stability; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Grating; high power; single mode;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2007.912689
  • Filename
    4427281