Beam Switching and Steering in VCSEL-Based Photonic Crystal Coupled Heterostructures

Date
2007-05
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Publisher
IEEE
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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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
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.