Title :
Thermal modelling of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers using the finite-element method
Author :
Rahman, B.M.A. ; Lepkowski, S.P. ; Grattan, K.T.V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Electron. & Inf. Eng., City Univ., London, UK
fDate :
4/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A self-consistent thermal model for a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) is presented using the powerful finite-element method. Temperature profiles for the etched-wall VCSELs are obtained iteratively, after considering their temperature-dependent material properties and the spatial distribution of all the significant heat sources
Keywords :
finite element analysis; iterative methods; laser cavity resonators; laser theory; semiconductor device models; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; temperature distribution; etched-wall VCSELs; finite-element method; iteratively; self-consistent thermal model; significant heat sources; spatial distribution; temperature profiles; temperature-dependent material properties; thermal modelling; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers;
Journal_Title :
Optoelectronics, IEE Proceedings -
DOI :
10.1049/ip-opt:19951666
