TY - JOUR
T1 - Design of distributed Bragg reflector structures for transverse-mode discrimination in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers
AU - Achtenhagen, Martin
AU - Hardy, Amos A.
AU - Kapon, Eli
PY - 2004/8
Y1 - 2004/8
N2 - An angular spectrum of plane-wave representation is employed to calculate the discrimination between the fundamental and higher order transverse modes in step-index-guided vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. The effect of material composition and number of layer pairs in the distributed Bragg reflectors, as well as mode size and structure, are examined with the goal of optimizing the mode discrimination for better mode stability and higher single-mode power. In particular, it is shown that decreasing the width of the distributed Bragg reflector stopband, by means of controlling the material composition, improves significantly the mode discrimination.
AB - An angular spectrum of plane-wave representation is employed to calculate the discrimination between the fundamental and higher order transverse modes in step-index-guided vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. The effect of material composition and number of layer pairs in the distributed Bragg reflectors, as well as mode size and structure, are examined with the goal of optimizing the mode discrimination for better mode stability and higher single-mode power. In particular, it is shown that decreasing the width of the distributed Bragg reflector stopband, by means of controlling the material composition, improves significantly the mode discrimination.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=4344637044&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/JLT.2004.832442
DO - 10.1109/JLT.2004.832442
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AN - SCOPUS:4344637044
SN - 0733-8724
VL - 22
SP - 1962
EP - 1967
JO - Journal of Lightwave Technology
JF - Journal of Lightwave Technology
IS - 8
ER -