Title :
Coherently coupled bottom-emitting vertical cavity laser arrays
Author :
Zihe Gao ; Ragunathan, Gautham ; Thompson, Bradley ; Johnson, Matthew Thomas ; Rout, Bibhudutta ; Choquette, Kent D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate 2-dimentional coherently coupled bottom-emitting VCSEL arrays. In-phase operation has been obtained from 3-element triangular arrays, while out-of-phase operation has been obtained from 2×2, 3×3, and 4×4 arrays.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; light coherence; semiconductor laser arrays; surface emitting lasers; 3-element triangular arrays; VCSEL; bottom-emitting vertical cavity laser arrays; coherent coupling; out-of-phase operation; Cavity resonators; Implants; Phased arrays; Photonic crystals; Semiconductor laser arrays; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
