A full three-dimensional microscopic simulation for vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Author

Witzigmann, Bernd ; Bregy, Adrian ; Michel, Felix ; Odermatt, Stefan ; Santschi, Rafael ; Streiff, Matthias

Author_Institution

Integrated Syst. Lab., Eidgenossische Tech. Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland

fYear

2005

fDate

19-22 Sept. 2005

Firstpage

23

Lastpage

24

Abstract

A three-dimensional simulation tool for vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers is presented. The microscopic electronic equations are solved in all spatial directions, and a separation approach is used for the electromagnetic equations in frequency domain. Selected examples requiring a three-dimensional treatment are discussed, e.g. spatial hole burning for higher-order modal operation.

Keywords

laser cavity resonators; numerical analysis; optical hole burning; optoelectronic devices; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; electromagnetic equations; higher-order modal operation; microscopic electronic equations; semiconductor laser; spatial hole burning; three-dimensional microscopic simulation tool; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; Equations; Geometrical optics; Microscopy; Optical scattering; Optical surface waves; Semiconductor lasers; Solid modeling; Surface emitting lasers; Surface treatment; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, 2005. NUSOD '05. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9149-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NUSOD.2005.1518116

Filename

1518116