A CW external-cavity surface-emitting laser

Author

Sandusky, J.V. ; Brueck, S.R.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. & Astron., New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM, USA

Volume

8

Issue

3

fYear

1996

fDate

3/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

313

Lastpage

315

Abstract

Room temperature, continuous wave (CW) operation of an external-cavity, optically-pumped surface-emitting laser is reported. The device is a resonant-periodic gain (RPG) vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) with the top mirror stack replaced by an epitaxially grown antireflection (AR) coating. An external mirror having a 50-mm radius of curvature completes the resonator in a near hemispherical configuration. Mode spectra, input-output curves, and polarization properties of the device are presented.

Keywords

antireflection coatings; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser modes; optical pumping; quantum well lasers; surface emitting lasers; 50 mm; AlAs-AlGaAs; CW external-cavity surface-emitting laser; GaAs-AlGaAs; VCSEL; epitaxially grown antireflection coating; external mirror; input-output curves; mode spectra; near hemispherical configuration; optically-pumped surface-emitting laser; polarization properties; resonant-periodic gain; resonator; room temperature continuous wave operation; top mirror stack; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; Coatings; Laser modes; Mirrors; Optical resonators; Optical surface waves; Resonance; Surface emitting lasers; Surface waves; Temperature; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.481101

Filename

481101