Title :
Characterization of micro-fluidic vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers
Author :
Kasten, Ansas M. ; Sulkin, Joshua D. ; Leisher, Paul O. ; Choquette, Kent D.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign
Abstract :
Micro-fluidic VCSELs are fabricated using a novel fluidic channel structure with etched trenches and fluid reservoirs surrounding each VCSEL. Pulsed and continuous wave measurements demonstrated a fluid induced lasing wavelength shift of 0.3 nm.
Keywords :
microfluidics; surface emitting lasers; continuous wave measurements; lasing wavelength shift; micro-fluidic vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Etching; Optical pulses; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Photonic crystals; Pulse measurements; Reservoirs; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453109
