• DocumentCode
    2879517
  • Title

    Thermal lensing in oxide-confined, single-mode VCSELs

  • Author

    Amatya, Reja ; Lüerssen, Dietrich ; Farzaneh, Maryam ; Hudgings, Janice A.

  • Author_Institution
    Eng. Dept., Smith Coll., Northampton, MA
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    High spatial and thermal resolution measurements of the surface temperature of an operating single-mode oxide-confined VCSEL are reported. We show that the beam waist scales with the focal length of the thermal lens.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; laser modes; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; thermal lensing; beam waist scales; oxide-confined single-mode VCSEL; surface temperature; thermal lensing; thermal resolution measurement; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; Apertures; Optical beams; Optical surface waves; Spatial resolution; Surface emitting lasers; Temperature; Thermal lensing; Thermoreflectance; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Wavelength measurement; (000.2170) Equipment and techniques; (110.6820) Thermal imaging; (120.6780) Temperature; (140.5960) Semiconductor lasers; (250.7260) Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628733
  • Filename
    4628733