Investigation of single lateral mode for 852nm diode lasers with ridge waveguide design

Chu Liu; Baolu Guan; Guoxin Mi; Yiru Liao; Zhenyang Liu; Jianjun Li; Chen Xu

doi:10.1117/12.2246549

9 November 2016 Investigation of single lateral mode for 852nm diode lasers with ridge waveguide design

Chu Liu, Baolu Guan, Guoxin Mi, Yiru Liao, Zhenyang Liu, Jianjun Li, Chen Xu

Proceedings Volume 10017, Semiconductor Lasers and Applications VII; 1001709 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2246549
Event: SPIE/COS Photonics Asia, 2016, Beijing, China

Abstract

852nm Narrow linewidth lasers can be widely used in the field of ultra-fine spectrum measurement, Cs atomic clock control, satellite and optical fiber communication and so on. Furthermore, the stability of the single lateral mode is a very important condition to guarantee the narrow linewidth lasers. Here we investigate experimentally the influence of the narrow ridge structure and asymmetrical waveguide design on the stability single lateral mode of an 852nm diode laser. According to the waveguide theoretical analysis, ridge mesa etch depth (Δη , related to the refractive index difference of parallel to the junction) and ridge mesa width (the narrower the more control force to low order mode) are the main elements for lateral modes. In this paper, we designed different structures to investigate and verify major factors for lateral mode by experiment, and to confirm our thought. Finally, the 5μm mesa ridge laser, 800nm etch depth, with groove structure obtains excellent steady single lateral mode output by 150mA operating current and 30°C temperature. The optical spectrum FWHM is 0.5nm and side mode suppression ratio is 27dBm with uncoated. The laser with 1mm cavity length showed the threshold current of 50mA, a lasing wavelength of λ = 852.6nm, slope efficiency of above 0.7mW/mA. We accomplished single lateral mode of ridge waveguide edge-emitting lasers which can also be used as a laser source in the ultra-narrow linewidth external cavity laser system.

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Chu Liu, Baolu Guan, Guoxin Mi, Yiru Liao, Zhenyang Liu, Jianjun Li, and Chen Xu "Investigation of single lateral mode for 852nm diode lasers with ridge waveguide design", Proc. SPIE 10017, Semiconductor Lasers and Applications VII, 1001709 (9 November 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2246549

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