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1060-nm Tunable Monolithic High Index Contrast Subwavelength Grating VCSEL
We present the first tunable vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) where the top distributed Bragg reflector has been completely substituted by an air-cladded high-index-contrast subwavelength grating (HCG) mirror. In this way, an extended cavity design can be realized by reducing the reflection at the semiconductor #x2013;air interface using an anti-reflective coating (ARC).
We demonstrate how the ARC can be integrated in a monolithic structure by oxidizing AlGaAs with high Al-content. The HCG VCSEL has the potential to achieve polarization stable single-mode output with high tuning efficiency. The HCG VCSEL shows a total tuning range of 16 nm around an emission wavelength of 1060 nm with 1-mW output power.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | IEEE |
Year: | 2013 |
Pages: | 365-367 |
ISSN: | 19410174 and 10411135 |
Types: | Ahead of Print article and Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1109/LPT.2012.2236087 |
ORCIDs: | Ansbæk, Thor , Chung, Il-Sug , Semenova, Elizaveta and Yvind, Kresten |