Single mode conditions in photonic crystal vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers

Author

Ivanov, Pavel S. ; Unold, Heiko J. ; Michalzik, Rainer ; Maehnss, Juergen ; Ebeling, Karl J. ; Sukhoivanov, Igor A.

Author_Institution

Lab. Photonics, Kharkov Nat. Tech. Univ. of Radioelectron., Ukraine

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

141

Lastpage

144

Abstract

The theoretical aspect of single transversal mode operation in a photonic crystal surface emitting laser (PCSEL) is presented. First generalized VB diagrams for the holey waveguiding laser structure based on the effective refractive index of the photonic crystal cladding region are presented and discussed. In this paper, we also discuss advantages and drawbacks of mode stabilization due to light localization with photonic crystal defect.

Keywords

laser modes; laser stability; laser theory; photonic band gap; semiconductor device models; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; waveguide lasers; effective refractive index; generalized VB diagrams; holey waveguiding laser structure; light localization; mode stabilization; photonic crystal cladding region; photonic crystal defect; photonic crystal vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers; single mode conditions; single transversal mode operation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical refraction; Optical surface waves; Optical variables control; Photonic crystals; Refractive index; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

4thLaser and Fiber-Optical Networks Modeling, 2002. Proceedings of LFNM 2002. International Workshop on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7372-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LFNM.2002.1014141

Filename

1014141