TY - JOUR
T1 - Formulations for calculating the eigenmodes of vertical-cavity laser arrays
AU - Fishman, Tal
AU - Hardy, Amos A.
AU - Kapon, E.
PY - 1997/10
Y1 - 1997/10
N2 - Laser resonators, with laterally patterned end mirrors, are considered, and their modes are calculated based on two different approaches. In one approach, developed recently, the modes of individual cavities are coupled via mirror perturbations to yield the array modes. An alternative approach employs the mirror's background reflectivity to construct a background cavity. The background cavity eigenmodes, or any complete set of functions in this structure, are used to find the eigenmodes and eigenvalues of the vertical-cavity laser array. The advantages and disadvantages of the various methods are discussed.
AB - Laser resonators, with laterally patterned end mirrors, are considered, and their modes are calculated based on two different approaches. In one approach, developed recently, the modes of individual cavities are coupled via mirror perturbations to yield the array modes. An alternative approach employs the mirror's background reflectivity to construct a background cavity. The background cavity eigenmodes, or any complete set of functions in this structure, are used to find the eigenmodes and eigenvalues of the vertical-cavity laser array. The advantages and disadvantages of the various methods are discussed.
KW - Coupled mode analysis
KW - Eigenvalues/eigenfunctions
KW - Laser modes
KW - Laser resonators
KW - Semiconductor laser arrays
KW - Semiconductor lasers
KW - Surface-emitting lasers
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U2 - 10.1109/3.631279
DO - 10.1109/3.631279
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AN - SCOPUS:0031256925
SN - 0018-9197
VL - 33
SP - 1756
EP - 1762
JO - IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
JF - IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
IS - 10
ER -