Photonic crystal vertical cavity lasers with wavelength-independent single-mode behavior

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 2010-2012

  Kasten, Ansas M ^a   Tan, Meng Peun ^a   Sulkin, Joshua D ^a   Leisher, Paul O ^a,b   Choquette, Kent D ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b NLIGHT CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Oxide confined photonic crystal vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL); Single mode operation; Vrtical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL)

Indexed keywords

CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; ETCHING DEPTH; HOLE DIAMETER; MW OUTPUT; SIDE MODE SUPPRESSION; SINGLE MODE; SINGLE MODE OPERATION; SINGLE-MODE LASERS; SINGLE-MODE PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; THEORETICAL MODELS; TRANSVERSE MODE OPERATIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; VERTICAL CAVITY LASERS; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER;

DESIGN; LASER MODES; LASERS; MICROOPTICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

EID: 77949658945     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.2006003     Document Type: Article

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