Title :
Temperature-stable operating current of surface plasmon VCSELs with metal nanohole arrays
Author :
Tanigawa, Tatsuya ; Onishi, Toshikazu ; Shimizu, Jun ; Ueda, Tetsuzo ; Ueda, Daisuke
Author_Institution :
Semiconductor Device Research Center, Semiconductor Company, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., 1 Kotari-yakemachi, Nagaokakyo-shi, Kyoto, 617-8520 Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate temperature-stable operation of 850nm AlGaAs-based VCSELs in which metal nanohole arrays are integrated as a part of top mirror. The resultant variation of the operating current from 10°C to 90°C is as small as 0.65mA at the output power of 1mW.
Keywords :
Distributed Bragg reflectors; Mirrors; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Power generation; Reflectivity; Semiconductor laser arrays; Surface waves; Temperature; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431391
