• DocumentCode
    1023802
  • Title

    Spatially singlemode broad-area semiconductor laser with planar external cavity

  • Author

    Kolesnikov, M. ; Castillega, J. ; Bhandarkar, N. ; Stelmakh, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Photo-digm Inc., Richardson, TX, USA
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    13
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    6/24/2004 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    807
  • Lastpage
    808
  • Abstract
    A broad-area laser diode combined with a planar external waveguide cavity operates in the fundamental mode and reshapes the output emission into a circular 15° beam. A 500 μm-long by 40 μm-wide laser diode with uncoated facets coupled with the uncoated ModeReShaper (MRS) planar chip has a coupling efficiency of ∼40% and stabilised the fundamental mode at drive currents up to three-times threshold.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; laser cavity resonators; semiconductor lasers; waveguide lasers; InGaAsP; broad-area laser diode; coupling efficiency; mode-reshaper planar chip; planar external waveguide cavity; singlemode semiconductor laser;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20045010
  • Filename
    1309732