In-phase evanescent coupling of two-dimensional arrays of defect cavities in photonic crystal vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

No Thumbnail Available

Authors

Raftery, James J.
Lehman, Ann C.
Danner, Aaron J.
Leisher, Paul O.
Giannopoulos, Antonios V.
Choquette, Kent D.

Issue Date

2006-08-21

Type

journal-article

Language

Keywords

Electrical properties and parameters , Image processing , Optical communications , Crystal lattices , Etching , Optical properties , Photonic crystals , Optical reflectors , Light Detection and Ranging , Lasers

Research Projects

Organizational Units

Journal Issue

Alternative Title

Abstract

In-phase evanescent coupling in 2×1 and 2×2 arrays of defect cavities in photonic crystal (PhC) vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) is reported. Two-dimensional PhC patterns of air holes containing multiple defects are etched into the top distributed Bragg reflector of VCSELs. The resulting modification of the effective index and optical loss results in evanescent coupling between the multiple defect cavities of the PhC VCSEL. Far field measurements and simulations show good agreement and demonstrate the in-phase results.

Description

Citation

James J. Raftery, Ann C. Lehman, Aaron J. Danner, Paul O. Leisher, Antonios V. Giannopoulos, Kent D. Choquette; In-phase evanescent coupling of two-dimensional arrays of defect cavities in photonic crystal vertical cavity surface emitting lasers. Appl. Phys. Lett. 21 August 2006; 89 (8): 081119. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2336618

Publisher

AIP Publishing

License

Journal

Volume

Issue

PubMed ID

ISSN

0003-6951
1077-3118

EISSN