Threshold characteristics of composite resonator vertical cavity lasers

Author

Grasso, D.M. ; Choquette, K.D. ; Mathes, D.T. ; Hull, R. ; Fischer, A.J. ; Chow, W.W. ; Geib, K.M. ; Allerman, A.A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Abstract

Summary form only given. The monolithic integration of coupled resonators within a vertical cavity surface emitting laser diode enables new functionality due to the unique ability to tailor the optical properties of the laser. We show the threshold characteristics of a dual cavity composite resonator vertical cavity laser (CRVCL) are consistent with current mediated quantum well absorption when varying the injection current into either the top or the bottom cavity. The CRVCL output characteristics that we present here suggest potential applications for high speed laser modulation.

Keywords

distributed Bragg reflector lasers; integrated optics; laser cavity resonators; optical modulation; quantum well lasers; surface emitting lasers; GaAs; GaAs quantum wells; coupled resonators; current mediated quantum well absorption; dual cavity composite resonator vertical cavity laser; injection current; laser optical properties tailoring; light output characteristics; middle DBR; monolithic bottom distributed Bragg reflector; monolithic integration; threshold characteristics; top DBR; vertical cavity surface emitting laser diode; Diode lasers; High speed optical techniques; Integrated optics; Monolithic integrated circuits; Optical coupling; Optical resonators; Quantum well lasers; Stimulated emission; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-706-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034210

Filename

1034210