Title :
Electro-thermal single-mode tuning in field-induced charge-separation lasers
Author :
Lin, Chin-Han ; Zheng, Yan ; Johansson, Leif A. ; Rodwell, Mark J W ; Coldren, Larry A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate the wavelength tunability via electro-thermal effect of field-induced charge-separation lasers (FICSLs). A large 6.6 nm tuning range is achieved with only 4.6 mA of tuning current. This high tuning efficiency persists up to about 40 kHz.
Keywords :
laser modes; laser tuning; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; FICSL; VCSEL; current 4.6 mA; electrothermal single-mode tuning; field-induced charge-separation lasers; high-tuning efficiency; semiconductor lasers; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; wavelength 6.6 nm; wavelength tunability; Charge carrier processes; Laser tuning; Radiative recombination; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC), 2012 23rd IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0828-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2012.6348383
