Title :
Direction-controllable, single-lobed photonic crystal lasers for beam steering functionality
Author :
Kurosaka, Yoshitaka ; Watanabe, Akiyoshi ; Sugiyama, Takahiro ; Hirose, Kazuyoshi ; Noda, Susumu
Author_Institution :
Mater. Res. Group, Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Hamamatsu, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate direction-controllable, single-lobed photonic-crystal lasers. The obtained beam direction angles range from 10° to 50° with a narrow divergence angle. This is an important step for realizing single-lobed beam-steering lasers.
Keywords :
beam steering; optical control; photonic crystals; semiconductor lasers; beam direction angles; direction-controllable single-lobed photonic crystal lasers; divergence angle; single-lobed beam-steering lasers; Crystals; Laser beams; Laser theory; Lattices; Photonics; Surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
