Title :
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
fDate :
31 Oct-3 Nov 1994
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1994.586995
