Title :
Substrate-free metal cavity surface-emitting laser with CW operation at room temperature
Author :
Lu, Chien-Yao ; Chang, Shu-Wei ; Chuang, Shun Lien ; Germann, Tim D. ; Bimberg, Dieter
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
A substrate-free metal-coated surface-emitting laser is reported. Silver is used to form the optical cavity, inject the current directly, and facilitate the heat removal. The device functions under continuous-wave operation at 298K.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; surface emitting lasers; CW operation; continuous-wave operation; heat removal; optical cavity; substrate free metal cavity; surface emitting laser; temperature 293 K to 298 K; temperature 298 K; Cavity resonators; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Metals; Optical reflection; Photonics; Substrates; Surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC), 2010 22nd IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5683-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2010.5642776
