Progress in photonic crystal vertical cavity lasers

Aaron J. Danner, James J. Raftery, Taesung Kim, Paul O. Leisher, Antonios V. Giannopoulos, Kent D. Choquette

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Abstract

Recent progress and achievements in creating single fun-damental mode vertical cavity lasers with the technique of etching a 2-dimensional pattern of photonic crystal holes into the top distributed Bragg reflector are described. A simulation method for the design of single mode lasers is described, along with accuracy and limitations in predicting modal properties in these devices. Progress in improving output power, methods of lowering threshold currents, and small signal modulation of single mode lasers are discussed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)944-949
Number of pages6
JournalIEICE Transactions on Electronics
VolumeE88-C
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005

Keywords

  • Photonic crystal
  • Single mode laser
  • VCSEL

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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