Title :
Lowest Order Ring Mode Lasing in Confocal Quasi-Stadium Laser Diodes
Author :
Fukushima, Takehiro ; Harayama, Takahisa
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Commun. Eng., Okayama Prefecture Univ.
Abstract :
We succeeded in selectively lasing only the lowest order ring mode of a confocal quasi-stadium laser diode by optimizing the electrode contact area shape. The lasing mode had excellent agreement with the numerically calculated mode
Keywords :
laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; ring lasers; semiconductor lasers; confocal quasistadium laser diodes; electrode contact area shape optimization; lasing mode; lowest order ring mode lasing; Diode lasers; Electrodes; Geometrical optics; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Mirrors; Optical propagation; Optical resonators; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279152
