• DocumentCode
    3014051
  • Title

    Beam Switching and Steering in VCSEL-Based Photonic Crystal Coupled Heterostructures

  • Author

    Lundeberg, Lars D A ; Kapon, Eli

  • Author_Institution
    Ecole Polytech. Federate de Lausanne (EPFL, Lausanne
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate electrically controlled beam switching and steering in separate-contact photonic crystal heterostructures implemented with arrays of VCSELs. Switching from mutually incoherent to coherent operation is accompanied by wavelength tuning of the array elements.
  • Keywords
    beam steering; photonic crystals; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL-based photonic crystal coupled heterostructures; array elements; beam steering; beam switching; wavelength tuning; Laser tuning; Optical arrays; Optical beams; Optical control; Optical coupling; Photonic crystals; Semiconductor laser arrays; Surface emitting lasers; Surface waves; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453108
  • Filename
    4453108