Title :
Suppression of filamentation in semiconductor lasers via carrier-induced wavefront tilt
Author :
Leidner, Jordan ; Marciante, John
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Opt., Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
Abstract :
An analytic model demonstrates filamentation suppression via tilted optical wavefront induced by transverse profiling the injection current. Numerical simulations show a significant collapse of the far field and a 67% increase in device brightness.
Keywords :
laser beams; semiconductor lasers; carrier induced wavefront tilt; device brightness; filamentation suppression; injection current; semiconductor lasers; tilted optical wavefront; transverse profiling; Cavity resonators; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Optical fibers; Semiconductor lasers; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
