• DocumentCode
    399917
  • Title

    Metal/dielectric high-reflectivity facet coating for semiconductor lasers

  • Author

    Bedford, Robert ; Fallahi, Mahmoud

  • Author_Institution
    Opt. Sci. Center, Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    27-28 Oct. 2003
  • Firstpage
    206
  • Abstract
    This study shows a simple solution to achieve high-reflectivity coatings on edge-emitting lasers by using metal/dielectric mirrors. Results show improved threshold, DQE, thermal characteristics, and wavelength stabilized operation.
  • Keywords
    dielectric thin films; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; metallic thin films; optical films; reflectivity; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; differential quantum efficiency; edge-emitting lasers; high-reflectivity facet coating; metal/dielectric mirrors; semiconductor lasers; wavelength stabilized operation; Coatings; Dielectric materials; Gold; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical materials; Reflectivity; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Thickness control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7888-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2003.1251707
  • Filename
    1251707