Vertical cavity surface emitting laser diodes

Kuochou Tai; L. Yang; R. J. Fischer; Tawee Tanbun-Ek; Ralph A. Logan; Yan H. Wang; Minghwei Hong; Alfred Y. Cho

doi:10.1117/12.18117

1 May 1990 Vertical cavity surface emitting laser diodes

Kuochou Tai, L. Yang, R. J. Fischer, Tawee Tanbun-Ek, Ralph A. Logan, Yan H. Wang, Minghwei Hong, Alfred Y. Cho

Proceedings Volume 1216, Nonlinear Optical Materials and Devices for Photonic Switching; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18117
Event: OE/LASE '90, 1990, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) were realized in MBE-grown GaAS/A1GaAS and MOVPE-grown InGaAsPf.EnP material systems with emission wavelengths near 0.87 and 1.3 p.m. respectively. The GaAS/A1GaAS VCSELs incorporating epitaxially grown DBR mirrors on both sides of the cavities were operated at room temperature cw condition with maximum output power greater than 1 mW. The InGaAsP/InP VCSEL, which employed a much simpler cavity structure containing metal and dielectric mirrors, operated up to 220 K with a threshold current as low as 5 mA at 77K, indicating that improvements on the cavity design should yield room temperature lasing operation. Single longitudinal mode emission and circular near- and far-field patterns were observed for the two VCSEL structures.

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Kuochou Tai, L. Yang, R. J. Fischer, Tawee Tanbun-Ek, Ralph A. Logan, Yan H. Wang, Minghwei Hong, and Alfred Y. Cho "Vertical cavity surface emitting laser diodes", Proc. SPIE 1216, Nonlinear Optical Materials and Devices for Photonic Switching, (1 May 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18117

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