Mode control in photonic crystal vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers and coherent arrays

Dominic F. Siriani; Meng Peun Tan; Ansas M. Kasten; Ann C. Lehman Harren; Paul O. Leisher; Joshua D. Sulkin; James J. Raftery; Aaron J. Danner; Antonios V. Giannopoulos; Kent D. Choquette

doi:10.1109/JSTQE.2008.2012121

Mode control in photonic crystal vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers and coherent arrays

Dominic F. Siriani, Meng Peun Tan, Ansas M. Kasten, Ann C. Lehman Harren, Paul O. Leisher, Joshua D. Sulkin, James J. Raftery, Aaron J. Danner, Antonios V. Giannopoulos, Kent D. Choquette

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We demonstrate transverse mode control in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) and 2-D VCSEL arrays. By etching a periodic arrangement of circular holes into the top distributed Bragg reflector mirror, we are able to control the lasing modes through index and loss confinement. Theoretical modeling of these confinement effects are shown to be consistent with experimental measurements. Photonic crystal etched patterns and ion-implanted photonic lattices have been employed to fabricate coherently-coupled 2-D arrays. Control of the array supermodes from the out-of-phase and in-phase conditions is discussed. Designs of photonic crystal coherent VCSEL arrays for high-power emission and beam steering applications are described.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	4781555
Pages (from-to)	909-917
Number of pages	9
Journal	IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Volume	15
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2008.2012121
State	Published - May 2009

Keywords

Distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) lasers
Laser modes
Semiconductor laser arrays
Semiconductor lasers

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Siriani, D. F., Peun Tan, M., Kasten, A. M., Lehman Harren, A. C., Leisher, P. O., Sulkin, J. D., Raftery, J. J., Danner, A. J., Giannopoulos, A. V., & Choquette, K. D. (2009). Mode control in photonic crystal vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers and coherent arrays. IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 15(3), 909-917. [4781555]. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2008.2012121

Siriani, DF, Peun Tan, M, Kasten, AM, Lehman Harren, AC, Leisher, PO, Sulkin, JD, Raftery, JJ, Danner, AJ, Giannopoulos, AV & Choquette, KD 2009, 'Mode control in photonic crystal vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers and coherent arrays', IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 15, no. 3, 4781555, pp. 909-917. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2008.2012121

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