Title :
Measurement of optical loss in oxide-confined VCSELs
Author :
Fryslie, Stewart T M ; Siriani, Dominic F. ; Choquette, Kent D.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
Cold-cavity spectral characteristics are used to extract the size dependent optical loss for small diameter oxide-confined VCSELs. For aperture diameters ≤ 2 μm, the oxide scattering loss can be as large as 10 cm-1.
Keywords :
laser variables measurement; optical loss measurement; surface emitting lasers; cold cavity spectral characteristics; optical loss measurement; oxide confined VCSEL; oxide scattering loss; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Apertures; Loss measurement; Optical losses; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358517