Calculation and measurement of resonant-mode blueshifts in oxide-apertured VCSELs

Author

Jae-Heon Shin ; Choquette, Kent D. ; Lott, James A. ; Yong-Hee Lee

Volume

10

Issue

4

fYear

1998

fDate

4/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

475

Lastpage

477

Abstract

As the aperture size of oxide-apertured vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) shrinks, the lasing wavelength blueshifts. We have calculated this effect using both a scalar effective index model and a full-vector weighted index model. Results were compared against experimental data for two different VCSEL designs emitting near 780 and 850 nm. We find that the full-vector weighted index calculation matches the data remarkably well, while the scalar effective index calculation underestimates the blueshift.

Keywords

infrared sources; laser cavity resonators; laser theory; laser transitions; refractive index; semiconductor device models; semiconductor lasers; spectral line shift; surface emitting lasers; vectors; 780 nm; 850 nm; IR sources; VCSEL designs; full-vector weighted index model; laser theory; laser transitions; lasing wavelength blueshifts; oxide-apertured VCSELs; oxide-apertured vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; resonant-mode blueshifts; scalar effective index model; Apertures; Laser cavity resonators; Laser modes; Optical surface waves; Propagation constant; Resonance; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Surface waves; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.662565

Filename

662565