Title :
Endlessly Single Mode Vertical Cavity Lasers
Author :
Kasten, Ansas M. ; Meng Peun Tan ; Leisher, Paul O. ; Choquette, Kent D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
Universal designs of photonic crystal vertical cavity lasers that yield single mode operation for all wavelengths (780, 850, and 980 nm) with output power > 1.5 mW and side-mode suppression ratio > 45 dB are reported.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; photonic crystals; surface emitting lasers; photonic crystal; power 1.5 mW; side-mode suppression ratio; single mode vertical cavity lasers; surface-emitting lasers; wavelength 780 nm; wavelength 850 nm; wavelength 980 nm; Atom optics; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Etching; High speed optical techniques; Laser modes; Optical sensors; Photonic crystals; Power generation; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528197
