Optical feedback effects on the lasing threshold and spectrum of a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser

Author

Jiang, Shijun ; Pan, Zeqi ; Dagenais, Mario ; Morgan, Rorbert A. ; Kojima, Keisuke

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

15-18 Nov 1993

Firstpage

552

Lastpage

553

Abstract

The investigation of the importance of optical feedback on the optical properties of vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) is important because of their potential applications in optical signal processing and light-wave communications. We report on the study of strong feedback effects on the threshold and spectral characteristics of a GaAs-AlGaAs VCSEL. Such studies have not yet been reported for VCSELs

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; infrared spectra; infrared spectroscopy; laser cavity resonators; laser feedback; optical communication equipment; optical information processing; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; GaAs-AlGaAs; GaAs-AlGaAs VCSEL; lasing spectrum; lasing threshold; light-wave communications; optical feedback effects; optical signal processing; strong feedback effects; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical attenuators; Optical feedback; Optical signal processing; Solid lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Threshold current; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1993. LEOS '93 Conference Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1263-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1993.379307

Filename

379307