• DocumentCode
    422094
  • Title

    Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser active regions for enhanced performance with optical pumping

  • Author

    Geske, Jon ; Gan, Kian-Giap ; Okuno, Yae L. ; Barnes, Brandon ; Piprek, Joachim ; Bowers, John E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2004
  • Abstract
    We have developed an improved active region design for optically pumped vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. We have reduced device thresholds by over 50% and raised maximum lasing temperatures to 79 /spl deg/C while attaining 76% pump efficiencies.
  • Keywords
    optical design techniques; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; 76 percent; 79 degC; device thresholds; lasing temperatures; optical pumping; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser active regions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-777-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1361561