Thermal, modal, and polarization features of double photonic crystal vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 399-410

  Sciancalepore, C ^a,b   Ben Bakir, B ^b   Seassal, C ^a   Letartre, X ^a   Harduin, J ^b   Olivier, N ^b   Fedeli, J M ^b   Viktorovitch, P ^a  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

^b CEA LETI   (France)

Author keywords

Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS); guided mode resonance (GMR); photonic crystal (PhC); semiconductor laser; slow Bloch mode (SBM); vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL)

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; CONTINUOUS WAVES; FULL POLARIZATION; GUIDED-MODE RESONANCE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; LONG WAVELENGTH; LOW THRESHOLDS; METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR; OPTICAL FEATURES; OPTICALLY PUMPED; OUTPUT POWER; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL MIRROR; PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES; SI-BASED; SINGLE MODE; SLOW BLOCH MODES; THERMAL FEATURES; UNCOOLED; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER;

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; LASER OPTICS; MICROOPTICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 84859090884     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2012.2189378     Document Type: Article

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