Low-threshold vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers based on oxide-confinement and high contrast distributed Bragg reflectors

Author

Deppe, Dennis G. ; Huffaker, Diana L. ; Oh, Tchang-hun ; Deng, Qing ; Deng, Hongyu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA

Volume

3

Issue

3

fYear

1997

fDate

6/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

893

Lastpage

904

Abstract

The interest in low-threshold vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSEL´s) is increased by the demonstration of the small size, low loss optical mode due to oxide-confinement in the Fabry-Perot microcavity laser. Intense recent work in this area has resulted in numerous record breaking demonstrations of low-threshold current, high wall-plug efficiency, and high speed. In this paper, we discuss the impact of the dielectric cavity design to enhance control of the optical mode. We argue that high contrast dielectric mirrors can become an important design approach, especially for small apertures limited by diffraction loss. Experimental results are compared for different types of mirror and aperture designs

Keywords

Fabry-Perot resonators; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; quantum well lasers; surface emitting lasers; AlAsGaAs; Fabry-Perot microcavity laser; InGaAs; VCSEL; aperture design; dielectric cavity design; diffraction loss; high contrast dielectric mirrors; high contrast distributed Bragg reflectors; high speed; high wall-plug efficiency; low loss optical mode; low-threshold current; low-threshold vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; mirror design; optical mode control; oxide-confinement; small apertures; small size; Apertures; Dielectric losses; High speed optical techniques; Laser modes; Mirrors; Optical control; Optical losses; Optical recording; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2944.640643

Filename

640643