Title :
Calculation of VCSEL lasing mode threshold gain with the weighted index method
Author :
Noble, Michael J. ; Loehr, John P. ; Lott, James A.
Author_Institution :
Air Force Inst. of Technol., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA
Abstract :
We present an extension of the weighted index method (WIM) for calculation of VCSEL lasing mode threshold gain. The WIM is a modal technique which gives the best separable solution for the VCSEL modes in a variational sense. The approach for inclusion of threshold gain in the WIM is a generalization of the classic Fabry-Perot round-trip amplitude and phase conditions
Keywords :
laser modes; laser theory; surface emitting lasers; variational techniques; VCSEL lasing mode threshold gain; variational technique; weighted index method; Aerospace electronics; Apertures; Diffraction; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Integrodifferential equations; Magnetic confinement; Optical sensors; Physics; Testing; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3895-2
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1997.645464
