Beam Switching and Steering in VCSEL-Based Photonic Crystal Coupled Heterostructures
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Authors
Lundeberg, Lars D.A.
Kapon, Eli
Issue Date
2007-05
Type
proceedings-article
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Keywords
Photonic crystals , Optical coupling , Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers , Optical control , Optical arrays , Semiconductor laser arrays , Optical beams , Laser tuning , Surface emitting lasers , Surface waves
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Abstract
We demonstrate electrically controlled beam switching and steering in separate-contact photonic crystal heterostructures implemented with arrays of VCSELs. Switching from mutually incoherent to coherent operation is accompanied by wavelength tuning of the array elements.
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Citation
L. D. A. Lundeberg and E. Kapon, "Beam Switching and Steering in VCSEL-Based Photonic Crystal Coupled Heterostructures," 2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Baltimore, MD, USA, 2007, pp. 1-2, doi: 10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453108.
Publisher
IEEE