Modal characteristics of anti-resonant reflecting optical waveguide vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

Author

Yu, S.F.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore

fYear

2003

fDate

14-16 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

41

Lastpage

44

Abstract

Investigation of the design constraints of ARROW ( anti-resonant reflecting optical waveguide) VCSELs (vertical cavity surface emitting lasers) for stable single mode operation is presented. A simple transfer matrix method is used to analyze the modal characteristics of ARROW VCSELs with the influence of spatial hole burning. The wave equations and rate equations of carrier concentration and photon density are solved self-consistently to study the mechanisms of mode competition.

Keywords

integrated optoelectronics; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; laser stability; optical design techniques; optical hole burning; semiconductor device models; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; waveguide lasers; VCSELs; antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide; carrier concentration; modal characteristics; photon density; rate equations; spatial hole burning; stable single mode operation; transfer matrix method; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; wave equations; Laser modes; Laser stability; Optical design; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Stimulated emission; Surface emitting lasers; Surface waves; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Numerical Simulation of Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices, 2003. NUSOD 2003. Proceedings of the IEEE/LEOS 3rd International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7992-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NUSOD.2003.1259041

Filename

1259041