High-performance small vertical-cavity lasers: a comparison of measured improvements in optical and current confinement in devices using tapered apertures

E.R. Hegblom, N.M. Margalit, A. Fiore, L.A. Coldren

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Abstract

The authors analyze the scaling characteristics of the optical and current confinement for three different vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) structures with tapered apertures. The improvements in scaling have allowed devices with apertures =150 micro W. The combination of low threshold (
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)553-560
JournalIEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Volume5
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1999

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