DocumentCode
1768055
Title
Phased Vertical Cavity Laser Arrays
Author
Fryslie, Stewart Thomas McKee ; Johnson, Matthew Thomas ; Tan, Meng P. ; Siriani, Dominic Francis ; Choquette, Kent D.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
7-10 Sept. 2014
Firstpage
203
Lastpage
204
Abstract
In this paper, we show that independent current injection into phased photonic crystal VCSEL arrays can drive the arrays to exhibit either coherent or incoherent operation. For the single mode coherent operation, 25 GHz small signal modulation is obtained.
Keywords
laser cavity resonators; laser modes; light coherence; optical modulation; photonic crystals; semiconductor laser arrays; surface emitting lasers; frequency 25 GHz; independent current injection; optical signal modulation; phased photonic crystal VCSEL arrays; phased vertical cavity laser arrays; single mode coherent operation; Beam steering; Cavity resonators; Laser applications; Phased arrays; Photonic crystals; Semiconductor laser arrays; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC), 2014 International
Conference_Location
Palma de Mallorca
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-5721-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISLC.2014.234
Filename
6987521
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