Fresnel analysis of effective mirror reflectivity in folded-cavity in-plane surface-emitting lasers

Author

Chao, Chih-Ping ; Chuang, Zuon-Min ; Law, Kwok-Keung ; Merz, James L. ; Coldren, Larry A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Volume

5

Issue

4

fYear

1993

fDate

4/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

390

Lastpage

392

Abstract

Inside-cavity diffraction loss resulting from unguided regions and 45 degrees internal total reflection mirror(s) is an important issue for fabricating folded-cavity in-plane surface-emitting lasers. A Fresnel plane-wave decomposition method was applied to analyze this problem. The effective reflectivity of an angle-etched mirror was calculated for deviation of the etched angle and different lengths of the unguided region. The results offer design criteria for fabricating folded-cavity surface-emitting lasers as well as other devices with angle-etched facet(s) for surface normal light coupling.<>

Keywords

laser accessories; laser cavity resonators; laser theory; mirrors; optical losses; reflectivity; semiconductor lasers; Fresnel analysis; Fresnel plane-wave decomposition method; angle-etched mirror; effective mirror reflectivity; folded-cavity in-plane surface-emitting lasers; inside-cavity diffraction loss; internal total reflection mirror; semiconductor laser diodes; surface normal light coupling; unguided region; unguided regions; Chaos; Etching; Mirrors; Optical diffraction; Optical losses; Optical reflection; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Reflectivity; Surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.212674

Filename

212674