Title :
Coherent coupling in vertical cavity laser arrays (Invited)
Author :
Choquette, Kent D. ; Johnson, Matthew T. ; Zihe Gao ; Thompson, Bradley ; Ragunathan, Gautham ; Fryslie, Stewart T. M. ; Meng Peun Tan ; Siriani, Dominic F.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
The report developed phased VCSEL arrays which utilize a photonic crystal to define the multiple optical cavities combined with ion implantation to separately define the gain regions and allow separate current injection into the cavities.
Keywords :
ion implantation; light coherence; optical couplers; photonic crystals; semiconductor laser arrays; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; coherent coupling; current injection; gain regions; ion implantation; multiple optical cavities; vertical cavity laser arrays; Beam steering; Cavity resonators; Couplings; Laser beams; Phased arrays; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995229
