Static and dynamical characteristics of semiconductor vertical-emitting lasers with incorporated photonic crystals

Author

Ivanov, P.S. ; Cryan, M.J. ; Heard, P.J. ; Rorison, J.M.

Author_Institution

Electr. & Electron. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Bristol, Bristol

Volume

2

fYear

2008

fDate

22-26 June 2008

Firstpage

136

Lastpage

136

Abstract

In this work, AlGaAs-GaAs semiconductor vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSELs) with incorporation of two-dimensional photonic crystal (PC) waveguides into their top distributed Bragg reflector are experimentally and theoretically investigated. This is done to control the transverse optical modes in the cavity and is also seen to improve the modulation characteristics. Results for VCSELs with PC are compared to VCSELs without the PC and with VCSELs with micropillar microcavities.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; gallium arsenide; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; optical modulation; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; AlGaAs-GaAs; VCSEL; distributed Bragg reflector; dynamic property; laser modulation; semiconductor vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; static property; transverse optical modes; two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguide; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical control; Optical surface waves; Photonic crystals; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Surface waves; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2008. ICTON 2008. 10th Anniversary International Conference on

Conference_Location

Athens

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2625-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2626-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2008.4598613

Filename

4598613