Title :
Technology status and opportunities of VCSELs
Author :
Choquette, Kent D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
Central to the photonic revolution is the development of miniature light sources such as the vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL). Today, VCSEL manufacturing has been established to serve data and telecommunication applications. Moreover, recent progress in new materials, fabrication technologies, and microcavity physics has enabled a new generation of high performance VCSELs. We will overview the present and near-term commercial VCSELs as well as discuss recent research, including new device structures such as 2-dimensional VCSEL arrays, composite resonators, and photonic crystal devices.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; quantum well lasers; surface emitting lasers; VCSELs; composite resonators; device structures; fabrication technologies; microcavity physics; miniature light sources; photonic crystal devices; telecommunication applications; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; Crystalline materials; Laser theory; Light sources; Manufacturing; Microcavities; Optical device fabrication; Optical materials; Physics; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Indium Phosphide and Related Materials Conference, 2002. IPRM. 14th
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7320-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICIPRM.2002.1014379
