TRANSVERSE-MODES, VORTICES AND VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS

被引:40
作者
DECOLSTOUN, FB
KHITROVA, G
FEDOROV, AV
NELSON, TR
LOWRY, C
BRENNAN, TM
HAMMONS, BG
MAKER, PD
机构
[1] SANDIA NATL LABS,DEPT 1311,ALBUQUERQUE,NM 87185
[2] CALTECH,JET PROP LAB,PASADENA,CA 91109
[3] SI VAVILOV STATE OPT INST,ST PETERSBURG 199034,RUSSIA
[4] DIRNSA,FORT GG MEADE,MD 20755
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1016/0960-0779(94)90098-1
中图分类号
O1 [数学];
学科分类号
0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
Injection locking dramatically modifies the phase and transverse output intensity profile of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs). Injection can induce a VCSEL to emit a high-order transverse mode. Vortices are generated by three different methods: insertion of a helicoidal phase mask, interference of two Gaussian beams, and injection locking of the TEM(01) and TEM(01) modes of a VCSEL to form the TEM*(01) donut mode. The first two methods stem from geometrical optics; the third method involves nonlinear mode competition in the laser cavity.
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页码:1575 / 1596
页数:22
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