Title :
A high-intensity bowtie nano-aperture vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser for near-field optics
Author :
Rao, Zhilong ; Matteo, Joseph A. ; Hesselink, Lambertus ; Harris, James S.
Author_Institution :
Solid State and Photonics Laboratory, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrated a record-high-intensity bowtie nano-aperture vertical-cavity surfaceemitting laser (VCSEL) with near-field spot size of 65 nm. The bowtie aperture VCSEL is very promising to realize near-field applications such as ultradense optical data storage.
Keywords :
Apertures; Coatings; Gold; Memory; Optical films; Optical polarization; Optical recording; Optical surface waves; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431769
