Title :
Cascadability of optically latching vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser
Author :
Huffaker, D.L. ; Deppe, Dennis G. ; Lei, Changhui ; Rogers, T.J. ; Streetman, B.G. ; Smith, Scott C. ; Burnham, R.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
fDate :
4/9/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The cascadability of an optically latching vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser is investigated through the use of a wavelength-tunable optical probe. The bistable vertical cavity laser emits at a wavelength of 0.98 mu m, and shows a sensitivity peak to probe light generated from a grating-tunable edge-emitting laser in the 0.98 mu m wavelength range. The sensitivity peak occurs in a window of approximately 50 AA around the vertical-cavity lasing wavelength, and corresponds to the Fabry-Perot transmission window of the surface-emitter.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser transitions; optical bistability; semiconductor junction lasers; 0.98 micron; Fabry-Perot transmission window; bistable vertical cavity; optically latching; semiconductor lasers; sensitivity peak; surface-emitting laser; vertical-cavity; wavelength-tunable optical probe;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19920465
