scholarly journals Single Mode Operation of Impurity-Induced Disordering Large Area Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers

1996 ◽  
Vol 450 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. W. Lo ◽  
S. F. Yu

ABSTRACTVertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) with suitable interdiffusion quantum wells profile by the use of selective impurity-induced disordering is proposed for high power single mode operation in large area devices. It is shown that the transverse optical confinement in the quantum well active region formed by the diffusion profile counteracts the influence of carrier spatial hole burning for VCSELs biased at high injection current Results indicate that a single mode operation can be maintained in VCSELs with the diameter of core region equal to 50μm.

1997 ◽  
Vol 484 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. F. Yu ◽  
E. Herbert Li ◽  
W. M. Man

AbstractThe enhancement of single transverse mode operation in vertical cavity surface emitting lasers by using interdiffused quantum wells is proposed and analyzed. It is observed that the influence of self-focusing (arising from carrier spatial hole burning and thermal lensing) on the profile of transverse modes can be minimized by introducing a step diffused quantum wells structure inside the core region of quantum-well active layer. Stable single-mode operation in vertical cavity surface emitting lasers can also be maintained.


Author(s):  
Nikolay Ledentsov Jr ◽  
Vitaly Shchukin ◽  
Joerg Kropp ◽  
Mikel Agustin ◽  
Nikolay N. Ledentsov

2004 ◽  
Vol 85 (21) ◽  
pp. 4851-4853 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Marcks von Würtemberg ◽  
P. Sundgren ◽  
J. Berggren ◽  
M. Hammar ◽  
M. Ghisoni ◽  
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Nanophotonics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (16) ◽  
pp. 4743-4748
Author(s):  
Elham Heidari ◽  
Hamed Dalir ◽  
Moustafa Ahmed ◽  
Volker J. Sorger ◽  
Ray T. Chen

AbstractVertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) have emerged as a vital approach for realizing energy-efficient and high-speed optical interconnects in the data centers and supercomputers. Indeed, VCSELs are the most suitable mass production lasers in terms of cost-effectiveness and reliability. However, there are still key challenges that prevent achieving modulation speeds beyond 30s GHz. Here, we propose a novel VCSEL design of a hexagonal transverse-coupled-cavity adiabatically coupled through a central cavity. Following this scheme, we show a prototype demonstrating a 3-dB roll-off modulation bandwidth of 45 GHz, which is five times greater than a conventional VCSEL fabricated on the same epiwafer structure. This design harnesses the Vernier effect to increase the laser’s aperture and therefore is capable of maintaining single-mode operation of the laser for high injection currents, hence extending the dynamic roll-off point and offering increases power output. Simultaneously, extending both the laser modulation speed and output power for this heavily deployed class of lasers opens up new opportunities and fields of use ranging from data-comm to sensing, automotive, and photonic artificial intelligence systems.


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