Mode discrimination in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers including Bragg reflectors and limiting apertures

2005 ◽  
Vol 44 (10) ◽  
pp. 104202
Author(s):  
M. Achtenhagen ◽  
A. Hardy ◽  
E. Kapon
Keyword(s):  
Cavity Surface ◽  
Bragg Reflectors ◽  
Surface Emitting Lasers ◽  
Vertical Cavity Surface ◽  
Mode Discrimination ◽  
Emitting Lasers ◽  
Vertical Cavity

scholarly journals GaN-based Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers Incorporating Dielectric Distributed Bragg Reflectors

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 733 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatsushi Hamaguchi ◽  
Hiroshi Nakajima ◽  
Noriyuki Fuutagawa
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Wave ◽  
Epitaxial Lateral Overgrowth ◽  
Cavity Surface ◽  
Bragg Reflectors ◽  
Distributed Bragg Reflectors ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Surface Emitting Lasers ◽  
Vertical Cavity Surface ◽  
Emitting Lasers ◽  
Vertical Cavity

This paper reviews past research and the current state-of-the-art concerning gallium nitride-based vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (GaN-VCSELs) incorporating distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs). This paper reviews structures developed during the early stages of research into these devices, covering both major categories of GaN-based VCSELs: hybrid-DBR and all-dielectric-DBR. Although both types exhibited satisfactory performance during continuous-wave (CW) operation in conjunction with current injection as early as 2008, GaN-VCSELs have not yet been mass produced for several reasons. These include the difficulty in controlling the thicknesses of nitride semiconductor layers in hybrid-DBR type devices and issues related to the cavity dimensions in all-dielectric-DBR units. Two novel all-dielectric GaN-based VCSEL concepts based on different structures are examined herein. In one, the device incorporates dielectric DBRs at both ends of the cavity, with one DBR embedded in n-type GaN grown using the epitaxial lateral overgrowth technique. The other concept incorporates a curved mirror fabricated on (000-1) GaN. Both designs are intended to mitigate challenges regarding industrial-scale processing that are related to the difficulty in controlling the cavity length, which have thus far prevented practical applications of all-dielectric GaN-based VCSELs.

scholarly journals Influence of Various Bottom DBR Designs on the Thermal Properties of Blue Semiconductor-Metal Subwavelength-Grating VCSELs

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 3235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert P. Sarzała ◽  
Łukasz Piskorski ◽  
Tomasz Czyszanowski ◽  
Maciej Dems
Keyword(s):  
Heat Dissipation ◽  
Cavity Surface ◽  
Bragg Reflectors ◽  
Small Aperture ◽  
Subwavelength Grating ◽  
Monolithically Integrated ◽  
Surface Emitting Lasers ◽  
Vertical Cavity Surface ◽  
Emitting Lasers ◽  
Vertical Cavity

In this paper, we consider several designs for nitride-based vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) with a top semiconductor-metal subwavelength grating (SMSG) as the facet mirror. The constructions of the bottom distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs) used in the VCSEL designs were inspired by devices demonstrated recently by several research groups. A multiparameter numerical analysis was performed, based on self-consistent thermal and electrical simulations. The results show that, in the case of small aperture VCSEL designs, dielectric-based DBRs with metallic or GaN channels enable equally efficient heat dissipation to designs with monolithically integrated DBRs. In the case of broad aperture designs enabled by SMSGs, monolithically integrated DBRs provide much more efficient heat dissipation in comparison to all other considered designs.

Low-threshold lasing of InGaN vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with dielectric distributed Bragg reflectors

2003 ◽  
Vol 83 (5) ◽  
pp. 830-832 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takehiko Tawara ◽  
Hideki Gotoh ◽  
Tetsuya Akasaka ◽  
Naoki Kobayashi ◽  
Tadashi Saitoh
Keyword(s):  
Cavity Surface ◽  
Bragg Reflectors ◽  
Distributed Bragg Reflectors ◽  
Surface Emitting Lasers ◽  
Vertical Cavity Surface ◽  
Low Threshold ◽  
Emitting Lasers ◽  
Vertical Cavity
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