• DocumentCode
    386102
  • Title

    Broad area DBR laser diodes with self-focussed output beam

  • Author

    Yanson, D.A. ; Rafailov, E.U. ; Sokolovskii, G.S. ; Bryce, A.C. ; Marsh, J.H. ; Sibbett, W.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Glasgow Univ., UK
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    89
  • Abstract
    We report the first realisation of novel DBR lasers incorporating confocal gratings. The devices exhibited single-longitudinal mode operation with a laterally focussed beam and will be suitable for applications requiring both spectrally and spatially enhanced beam quality.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; diffraction gratings; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; gallium arsenide; laser beams; laser modes; optical focusing; quantum well lasers; DBR lasers; GaAs-AlGaAs; broad area DBR laser diodes; confocal gratings; laterally focussed beam; optical focussing; self-focussed output beam; single-longitudinal mode operation; spatially enhanced beam quality; spectrally enhanced beam quality; Diode lasers; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Gratings; Laser beams; Laser modes; Laser theory; Pump lasers; Quantum well lasers; Scanning electron microscopy; Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7500-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2002.1133932
  • Filename
    1133932