Analysis of transverse modes in gain-guided vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Author

Nakwaski, W. ; Sarzala, R.P.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Phys., Tech. Univ. Lodz, Poland

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

10-13 Nov 1997

Firstpage

293

Abstract

Summary form only given. One of the main drawbacks of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) is undesirable lasing in many transverse modes. Their excitation depends on distributions of both parts (real and imaginary) of the complex index of refraction, i.e. on both the index guiding and the gain guiding effects, which in turn are related to profiles of temperature and carrier concentration. The comprehensive self-consistent model of gain-guided (GG) VCSELs is used to determine the above profiles

Keywords

laser cavity resonators; laser modes; laser theory; refractive index; semiconductor device models; surface emitting lasers; VCSELs; carrier concentration; comprehensive self-consistent model; gain guiding effects; gain-guided VCSELs; gain-guided vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; imaginary complex index of refraction; index guiding; laser theory; real complex index of refraction; refractive index; temperature concentration; transverse laser modes; undesirable lasing; Electron optics; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical variables control; Physics; Surface emitting lasers; Temperature dependence; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3895-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1997.645429

Filename

645429