Title :
Multimode behavior of a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser with feedback from an external reflecting surface
Author :
Jiang, Shijun ; Dagenais, Mario ; Morgan, Robert A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
fDate :
31 Oct-3 Nov 1994
Abstract :
Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) present many advantages over conventional edge-emitting lasers because of their unique structure. One of the most attractive properties of VCSELs is their single-longitudinal-mode operation due to their very short cavity. On the other hand, it is well known that a conventional edge-emitting semiconductor laser may exhibit many compound-cavity modes when it operates with external optical feedback. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the spectral characteristics of a VCSEL in the presence of optical feedback from an external reflecting mirror
Keywords :
surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; compound-cavity modes; external reflecting mirror; multimode laser; optical feedback; spectral characteristics; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; Laser beams; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical attenuators; Optical feedback; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1994. LEOS '94 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1470-0
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1994.586999
