Title :
Transverse and polarization mode controlled vertical cavity surface emitting laser with metal nano-aperture array for optical near-field applications
Author :
Hashizume, Jiro ; Koyama, Fumio
Author_Institution :
Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
This paper proposes and demonstrates the polarization and transverse mode controlled VCSEL with a metal nano-aperture array for efficient generation of optical near-field. The single-transverse mode operation with SMSR over 30 dB and tight polarization control is achieved at the same time. The proposed structure would be useful for polarization and transverse mode control in bottom emitting VCSELs.
Keywords :
distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; light polarisation; micro-optics; nanotechnology; optical variables control; semiconductor laser arrays; surface emitting lasers; DBR laser; bottom emitting VCSEL; metal nanoaperture array; optical near-field applications; polarization mode control; semiconductor laser; single-transverse mode operation; tight polarization control; transverse mode control; vertical cavity surface emitting laser; Apertures; High speed optical techniques; Laser modes; Optical arrays; Optical control; Optical polarization; Optical recording; Stimulated emission; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9217-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548116
