Focusing Effect in Multimode Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers by Parallel Trenches Surface Profiling

Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Publication Date

7-2005

Abstract

Surface profiling of parallel trenches is shown to be capable of introducing a transverse waveguiding effect to the optical modes of a gain-guided VCSEL, resulting in a dramatic reduction of emission spot-size and spatial filamentation.

Keywords

Apertures, Distributed Bragg reflectors, Etching, Focusing, Laser beams, Optical surface waves, Particle beams, Surface emitting lasers, Surface waves, Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

Discipline

Physical Sciences and Mathematics

Research Areas

Quantitative Finance

Publication

2005 Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Tokyo, Japan, 30 July - 2 August: Proceedings

First Page

286

Last Page

288

ISBN

9780780392427

Identifier

10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569420

Publisher

IEEE

City or Country

Piscataway, NJ

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569420

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