DocumentCode
1318835
Title
Anomalous temporal response of gain guided surface emitting lasers
Author
Dutta, N.K. ; Tu, L.W. ; Hasnain, G. ; Zydzik, G. ; Wang, Y.H. ; Cho, Andrew Y.
Author_Institution
AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Volume
27
Issue
3
fYear
1991
Firstpage
208
Lastpage
210
Abstract
Under pulsed operation, gain guided surface emitting lasers have exhibited long delay times and higher threshold current than for CW operation. This phenomenon is explained by assuming that adiabatic heating of the active region results in time evolution of the transverse mode guiding. The authors´ theory suggests that a built in index guiding greater than 10-2 will stabilise the fundamental mode and improve the temporal performance of surface emitting lasers.
Keywords
semiconductor junction lasers; adiabatic heating; anomalous temporal response; built in index guiding; fundamental mode stabilisation; gain guided surface emitting lasers; higher threshold current; long delay times; pulsed operation; single-mode operation; temporal performance; time evolution; transverse mode guiding; vertical lasers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19910135
Filename
83213
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