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Opt Express. 2011 Mar 14;19(6):4827-32. doi: 10.1364/OE.19.004827.

Intra-cavity patterning for mode control in 1.3 μm coupled VCSEL arrays.

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Lukas Mutter, Benjamin Dwir, Andrei Caliman, Vladimir Iakovlev, Alexandru Mereuta, Alexei Sirbu, Eli Kapon

Affiliations

  1. Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Laboratory of Physics of Nanostructures, CH 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.

PMID: 21445118 DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.004827

Abstract

We report coupled VCSEL arrays, emitting at 1.3 μm wavelength, in which both the optical gain/loss and refractive index distributions were defined on different vertical layers. The arrays were electrically pumped through a patterned tunnel junction, whereas the array pixels were realized by intra-cavity patterning using sub-wavelength air gaps. Stable oscillations in coupled modes were evidenced for 2x2 array structures, from threshold current up to thermal roll-over, using spectrally resolved field pattern analysis.

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