Title :
Coherently Coupled Photonic-Crystal Surface-Emitting Laser Array
Author :
Taylor, Richard J. E. ; Childs, David T. D. ; Ivanov, Pavlo ; Stevens, Ben J. ; Babazadeh, Nasser ; Sarma, Jayanta ; Khamas, Salam ; Crombie, Alex J. ; Guangrui Li ; Ternent, Gary ; Thoms, Stephen ; Haiping Zhou ; Hogg, Richard A.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Abstract :
The realization of a 1 × 2 coherently coupled photonic crystal surface emitting laser array is reported. New routes to power scaling are discussed and the electronic control of coherence is demonstrated.
Keywords :
light coherence; optical control; optical couplers; photonic crystals; semiconductor laser arrays; surface emitting lasers; coherently coupled photonic-crystal surface-emitting laser array; electronic control; power scaling; Arrays; Coherence; Couplers; Electroluminescence; Lasers; Photonic crystals; Threshold current; Photonic crystals; semi-conductor laser arrays; semiconductor lasers;
Journal_Title :
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JSTQE.2015.2417998
