SEMICONDUCTOR RING LASERS WITH REFLECTION OUTPUT COUPLERS

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作者
HOHIMER, JP
HADLEY, GR
VAWTER, GA
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[1] Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque
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10.1063/1.110077
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We report circular-cavity semiconductor ring lasers with 45-degrees reflection output couplers that increase the lasing output power and slope efficiency twofold compared to lasers with Y-junction output couplers. These devices emit more than 3.5 mW of cw single-frequency output power at 100 mA ring current with slope efficiencies of 0.07 W/A. The increased output power and reduced spontaneous emission improve single-frequency side-mode rejection by up to 10 dB (to nearly 32 dB).
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