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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC), 2014 International
Conference_Location :
Palma de Mallorca
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-5721-7
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2014.234
