Title :
Amplified stimulated emission of sub-wavelength gratings integrated VCSEL
Author :
Zhou, Ye ; Huang, Michael C Y ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA
Abstract :
We demonstrate the monolithic integration of a VCSEL half-cavity and a single-layer sub-wavelength grating as its top mirror. Polarization-selective amplified stimulated emission with selection ratio of 20 dB was obtained.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; stimulated emission; surface emitting lasers; integrated VCSEL half-cavity; laser mirror; polarization-selective amplified stimulated emission; single-layer sub-wavelength grating; sub-wavelength gratings; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Gratings; Mirrors; Optical feedback; Optical polarization; Reflectivity; Reluctance generators; Stimulated emission; Tellurium; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; (050.2770) Gratings; (250.7260) Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
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.2006.4628423
