Title : 
Gain-switching in a vertical-cavity laser with high-contrast mirrors
         
        
            Author : 
Deng, H. ; Huffaker, D.L. ; Shin, Jeyong ; Deppe, Dennis G.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Microelectron. Res. Center, Texas Univ., Austin, TX
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
2/16/1995 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Gain-switched operation of an optically pumped vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser with high-contrast AlxOy/GaAs distributed Bragg reflectors is characterised. A pulse width of less than 8 ps is obtained. The far-field radiation patterns at different pump levels are found to depend on the temporal response
         
        
            Keywords : 
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; gallium arsenide; laser mirrors; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; semiconductor-insulator boundaries; surface emitting lasers; 8 ps; AlxOy/GaAs distributed Bragg reflectors; AlO-GaAs; far-field radiation patterns; gain-switched operation; high-contrast mirrors; optically pumped surface-emitting laser; pulse width; pump levels; temporal response; vertical-cavity laser;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Electronics Letters
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1049/el:19950199