Title :
Two-dimensional coherently coupled vertical cavity laser arrays
Author :
Johnson, Matthew Thomas ; Siriani, Dominic Francis ; Fryslie, Stewart Thomas McKee ; Choquette, Kent D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
The work has demonstrated both top and bottom emitting coherently coupled VCSEL arrays operating in the preferred in-phase supermode. Moreover, it was shown that phase tuning between the array elements is possible with varying injection current to the array elements. With the bottom emitting arrays, these would be able to scale up the array size, maximum power, and beam steering properties.
Keywords :
beam steering; laser modes; laser tuning; light coherence; semiconductor laser arrays; surface emitting lasers; array elements; beam steering; bottom emitting laser; in-phase supermode; injection current; phase tuning; top emitting laser; two-dimensional coherently coupled vertical cavity laser arrays; Beam steering; Cavity resonators; Field emitter arrays; Phased arrays; Photonic crystals; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5059-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2013.6614441
