Difference-frequency generation in novel double vertical cavity surface-emitting laser

Author

Morozov, Yuri ; Nefedov, Igor ; Aleshkin, Vladimir

Author_Institution

Inst. of Radio Eng. & Electron., Acad. of Sci., Saratov, Russia

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

4-8 July 2004

Firstpage

141

Abstract

The model of a novel laser using the GaAs/AlGaAs lattice nonlinearity for mid-infrared emission due to nonlinear frequency conversion is proposed. An active region, designed to generate two-frequency near-infrared simultaneous oscillations, is embedded in a vertical-cavity surface-emitting structure. Double Bragg mirrors, tuned to both the mid- and near-infrared wavelengths, are used to enhance emission. The power density of mid-infrared emission, at a wavelength of about 13 μm, is shown to be of the order of 10^-3 μW/μm² under a pumping current of 5 kA/cm².

Keywords

aluminium compounds; distributed Bragg reflectors; gallium arsenide; infrared sources; laser mirrors; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; Bragg mirrors; GaAs-AlGaAs; difference-frequency generation; double vertical cavity surface-emitting laser; lattice nonlinearity; mid-infrared emission; nonlinear frequency conversion; power density; pumping current; semiconductor laser; Frequency conversion; Laser modes; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Lattices; Mirrors; Quantum cascade lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2004. Proceedings of 2004 6th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8343-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2004.1360262

Filename

1360262