Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser diodes with post-growth wavelength adjustment

Author

Wipiejewski, T. ; Peters, M.G. ; Coldren, L.A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1994

fDate

31 Oct-3 Nov 1994

Firstpage

265

Abstract

We developed a novel vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) structure with a hybrid top mirror consisting of a semiconductor DBR, an oxide layer, and a metal reflector enabling the post-growth determination of the emission wavelength of individual elements in a 2D laser array using anodic etching. The devices should prove to be useful for all-optical switching, free-space communication, and wavelength division multiplexing systems

Keywords

surface emitting lasers; 2D laser array; all-optical switching; anodic etching; epitaxial growth; free-space communication; hybrid top mirror; metal reflector; oxide layer; post-growth wavelength adjustment; semiconductor DBR; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser diodes; wavelength division multiplexing; Communication switching; Diode lasers; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Etching; Mirrors; Optical arrays; Semiconductor laser arrays; Surface emitting lasers; Surface waves; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1994. LEOS '94 Conference Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1470-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1994.586995

Filename

586995