Title :
High speed photonic crystal vertical cavity lasers
Author :
Choquette, Kent D. ; Chen, Chen ; Siriani, Dominic ; Tan, Meng Peun ; Kasten, Matthias ; Plant, David V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
The design, fabrication, and performance of single transverse mode high speed photonic crystal vertical cavity surface emitting lasers are reviewed. The stable index guiding from the photonic crystal combined with ion implantation results in planar lasers with improved performance.
Keywords :
ion implantation; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; optical fabrication; photonic crystals; refractive index; reviews; surface emitting lasers; high speed photonic crystal vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; ion implantation; laser design; laser fabrication; planar lasers; single transverse mode lasers; stable index; High speed optical techniques; Laser modes; Modulation; Optical surface waves; Photonic crystals; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
