Title :
Scaling of small-aperture photonic crystal vertical cavity lasers
Author :
Danner, Aaron J. ; Raftery, James J. ; Krishnamachari, Uppiliappan ; Lee, Jason C. ; Yokouchi, Noriyuki ; Choquette, Kent D.
Author_Institution :
Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
Photonic crystal confinement incorporated into vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) produces reduced excess loss as the aperture diameter decreases. The improved scaling enables a new topology of coupled vertical cavity lasers.
Keywords :
optical materials; photonic crystals; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; aperture diameter; coupled vertical cavity laser; small-aperture photonic crystal; vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers; Apertures; Microcavities; Optical coupling; Optical losses; Optical resonators; Optical scattering; Photonic crystals; Surface emitting lasers; Threshold current; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
