Title

Coherent Coupling in Photonic Crystal VCSELs

Contributing USMA Research Unit(s)

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Photonics Research Center

Publication Date

4-2003

Publication Title

The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Abstract

Due to the limitations in achieving high power single mode characteristics in sinlge vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs), coherent coupled laser arrays offer one option to increase on-axis optical power. As such, coupled photonic crystal defect lasers were fabricated and characterized. Far field measurements indicated that controlling the coupling can be achieved by locally modifiying the hole diameter in the photonic crystal array between the defects to be coupled.

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