Numerical study of the influence of an antireflection coating on the operating properties of vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Eckhard Kühn; Angela Thränhardt; Christina Bückers; Stephan W. Koch; J. Hader; J. V. Moloney

doi:10.1063/1.3224875

Numerical study of the influence of an antireflection coating on the operating properties of vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Eckhard Kühn
, Angela Thränhardt
, Christina Bückers
, Stephan W. Koch
, J. Hader
, J. V. Moloney

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The influence of an antireflection coating on the input-output power characteristics and the switch-on dynamics of a vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser is investigated numerically with an effective rate-equation simulation based on microscopic many-body calculations for the optical gain/absorption and carrier losses. The simulations show a significantly higher threshold and a slower switch-on dynamics for the antireflection coated devices. These differences are caused by a reduction in the mode amplitude at the position of the active medium due to a less pronounced subcavity.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	063105
Journal	Journal of Applied Physics
Volume	106
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3224875
State	Published - 2009

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