5.2 mW single-mode power from a coupled-resonator vertical-cavity laser

Author

Fischer, A.J. ; Choquette, K.D. ; Chow, W.W. ; Allerman, A.A. ; Geib, K.M.

Author_Institution

Center for Compound Semicond. Sci. & Technol., Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

802

Abstract

Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) which emit into a single optical mode are increasingly sought for emerging VCSEL applications. We have achieved a record high fundamental-mode power of 5.2 mW from our coupled-resonator vertical-cavity lasers. The coupled-resonator is composed of a bottom p-type distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) with 35 periods, a middle n-type DBR with 11.5 periods, and a top p-type DBR with 22 periods. The top and bottom one-wavelength cavities each contain five 8 nm GaAs quantum wells

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; gallium arsenide; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; quantum well lasers; surface emitting lasers; 5.2 mW; 8 nm; GaAs; GaAs quantum wells; VCSELs; coupled-resonator; coupled-resonator vertical-cavity laser; coupled-resonator vertical-cavity lasers; emerging VCSEL applications; high fundamental-mode power; laser beam applications; mW single-mode power; n-type DBR; one-wavelength cavities; p-type distributed Bragg reflector; single optical mode; top p-type DBR; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Gallium arsenide; Laser modes; Optical coupling; Optical recording; Power lasers; Quantum well lasers; Stimulated emission; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 2000 Annual Meeting. LEOS 2000. 13th Annual Meeting. IEEE

Conference_Location

Rio Grande

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5947-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2000.894097

Filename

894097