Coherently coupled photonic crystal VCSELs

Danner, A.J.; Lee, J.C.; Raftrey, J.J.; Yokouchi, N.; Choquette, Kent D.

Coherently coupled photonic crystal VCSELs

Date

2003

Authors

Publisher

IEEE

Abstract

We demonstrate that 2-dimensional photonic crystals can delineate a coherent VCSEL array, with individual defects (the absence of PhC holes) creating the lasing elements. Far field measurements indicate that controlling the coupling can be achieved by locally modifying the hole diameter in the photonic crystal array between the defects to be coupled.

Keywords

Photonic crystals, Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, Etching, Laser modes, Power lasers, Surface emitting lasers, Optical coupling, Optical arrays, Phased arrays, Mirrors

Citation

A. J. Danner, J. C. Lee, J. J. Raftrey, N. Yokouchi and K. D. Choquette, "Coherently coupled photonic crystal VCSELs," The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003., Tucson, AZ, USA, 2003, pp. 577-578 vol.2, doi: 10.1109/LEOS.2003.1252931.