• DocumentCode
    1253035
  • Title

    Intracavity resonant quantum-well photodetection of a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser

  • Author

    Lim, S.F. ; Li, G.S. ; Yuen, W. ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA
  • Volume
    33
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    3/27/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    597
  • Lastpage
    598
  • Abstract
    The authors demonstrate the first intracavity quantum-well photodetector within a VCSEL. Minimal spontaneous emission is detected by the internal detector. The effective responsivity is as high as 9 A/W; the dark current is <1 nA, limited by the noise floor the instruments used
  • Keywords
    laser cavity resonators; photodetectors; quantum well lasers; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; dark current; effective responsivity; intracavity resonant quantum-well photodetection; minimal spontaneous emission; noise floor; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19970370
  • Filename
    591385