Ring and Axis Mode Switching in Quasi-Stadium Laser Diodes with Multi-Electrodes

Author

Nakae, Yutaka ; Fukushima, Takehiro ; Tanaka, Tomoko ; Harayama, Takahisa

Author_Institution

Dept. of Nonlinear Sci., ATR Wave Eng. Lab., Kyoto

Volume

4

fYear

2006

fDate

18-22 June 2006

Firstpage

132

Lastpage

133

Abstract

Mode switching operation of multi-electrode strained InGaAsP multiple-quantum-well quasi-stadium laser diodes is reported. Far-field patterns exhibit highly directional emission along the laser cavity axis for current injection at the axis electrode and highly directional emission at angles plusmn19deg from the cavity axis for current injection at the ring electrode

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; electrodes; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; optical switches; quantum well lasers; ring lasers; stimulated emission; InGaAsP; axis mode switching; current injection; far-field patterns; highly directional emission; laser cavity; mode switching operation; multielectrodes; multiple-quantum-well laser diodes; quasistadium laser diodes; ring electrode; ring mode switching; strained InGaAsP multiple quantum well; Communication switching; Diode lasers; Electrodes; Geometrical optics; Laser beams; Laser modes; Mirrors; Optical propagation; Quantum well devices; Ring lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2006 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nottingham

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0235-2

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0236-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2006.248517

Filename

4013877