Title :
Surface Plasmon VCSEL with Metal Nanohole Arrays
Author :
Tanigawa, Tatsuya ; Onishi, Toshikazu ; Ueda, Tetsuzo ; Ueda, Daisuke
Author_Institution :
Matsushita Electr. Ind. Co., Ltd., Kyoto
Abstract :
This paper presents an AlGaAs/GaAs based vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) in which metal nanohole arrays are formed on the top of the distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) as an application of the surface plasmon resonance. Enhanced output power with lower threshold current is achieved as well as the VCSEL serves temperature stable operating current. In addition, the fabricated Surface Plasmon (SP)-VCSEL enables successful control of the polarization angles to any specified directions.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; distributed Bragg reflectors; gallium arsenide; surface emitting lasers; surface plasmon resonance; AlGaAs-GaAs; VCSEL; distributed Bragg reflector; metal nanohole arrays; output power; polarization angles; surface plasmon resonance; threshold current; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Gallium arsenide; Optical arrays; Plasmons; Power generation; Resonance; Surface emitting lasers; Temperature; Threshold current; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382408
