Tapered-cavity surface-emitting distributed-Bragg-reflector semiconductor lasers: modeling and experiment

H. Luo, K. J. Kasunic, S. H. Macomber, R. Bedford, J. V. Moloney, M. Fallahi

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Abstract

We report on the design and fabrication of tapered cavity grating coupled surface-emitting distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) lasers in the 980-nm regime. A curved second-order grating is used at the end of a tapered gain section to provide feedback as well as collimated surface out-coupling. A detailed numerical analysis shows that operation up to approximately twice the threshold is possible without significant degradation of the far field. Near diffraction-limited collimated surface-emitting output with moderate power of about 150 mW is obtained under continuous operation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)594-600
Number of pages7
JournalIEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Volume6
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2000

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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