High-performance small vertical-cavity lasers: A comparison of measured improvements in optical and current confinement in devices using tapered apertures

被引：34

作者：

Hegblom, ER ^{[1
]}

Margalit, NM ^{[1
]}

Fiore, A ^{[1
]}

Coldren, LA ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA

来源：

IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS | 1999年 / 5卷 / 03期

关键词：

current spreading; oxide apertures; optical scattering; semiconductor lasers; surface-emitting lasers;

D O I：

10.1109/2944.788418

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

We analyze the scaling characteristics of the optical and current confinement for three different vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) structures with tapered apertures. The improvements in scaling have allowed devices with apertures <3 mu m to have wall-plug efficiencies over 20% at output powers as low as 150 mu W. The combination of low threshold (<200 mu A), single modedness, and good wall-plug efficiency even at low output powers makes these devices excellent candidates for short distance (<1 m) interconnects within computers.

引用

页码：553 / 560

页数：8

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