Title :
Enhanced light extraction from circular Bragg grating coupled microcavities
Author :
Su, Mark Y. ; Mirin, Richard P.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO
Abstract :
A 7-fold enhancement of light extraction from a vertical-cavity light-emitting diode structure over a 130 nm bandwidth at room temperature was achieved using circular Bragg gratings. The enhancement factor corresponded to a 41% external efficiency.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; microcavity lasers; surface emitting lasers; circular Bragg grating coupled microcavities; enhanced light extraction; enhancement factor; vertical cavity light emitting diode structure; Bandwidth; Bragg gratings; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Etching; Gallium arsenide; Light emitting diodes; Microcavities; Optical coupling; Resonance; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628339
