Abstract
Coherently coupled microcavity lasers have desirable properties for emerging applications. We use 2-dimensional complex refractive index waveguide modeling of 2-element photonic crystal vertical cavity surface emitting laser arrays to analyze their supermodes. The complex modal effective indices are used in turn to calculate the complex coupling coefficient between the laser array elements. An analysis of the effects of array design parameters, such as photonic crystal period, fill-factor, or confinement, to engineer the coupling coefficient for the desired properties is given and example designs for 850 nm arrays are presented.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 9479701 |
| Journal | IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - Jan 1 2022 |
Keywords
- Laser modes
- optical coupling
- phased arrays
- semiconductor laser arrays
- vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSEL)
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering