Improved thermal property of strained InGaAlAs/AlGaAs quantum wells for 808-nm vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

The 808-nm vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) with strained In_0.13Ga_0.75Al_0.12As/Al_0.3Ga_0.7As quantum wells is designed and fabricated. Compared with the VCSELs with Al_0.05Ga_0.95As/Al_0.3Ga_0.7As quantum wells, the VCSEL with strained In_0.13Ga_0.75Al_0.12As/Al_0.3Ga_0.7As quantum wells is demonstrated to possess higher power conversion efficiency (PCE) and better temperature stability. The maximum PCE of 43.8% for 10-μm VCSEL is achieved at an ambient temperature of 30 ℃. The size-dependent thermal characteristics are also analyzed by characterizing the spectral power and output power. It demonstrates that small oxide-aperture VCSELs are advantageous for temperature-stable performance.     

Beam Steering Analysis in Optically Phased Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Array

Beam steering in implant defined coherently coupled vertical cavity surface emitting laser(VCSEL) arrays is simulated using the FDTD solution software. Angular deflection dependent on relative phase differences among elements, inter-element spacing, element size and emitted wavelength is analyzed detailedly and systematically.We design and fabricate 1×2 implant defined VCSEL arrays for optimum beam steering performance. Electronically controlled beam steering with a maximum deflection angle of 1.6° is successfully achieved in the 1×2 VCSEL arrays. The percentage of the power in the central lobe is above 39% when steering. The results show that the steering is controllable. Compared with other beam steering methods, the fabrication process is simple and of low cost.     

垂直腔面发射激光器相干耦合阵列二维光束偏转

通过建立数值模型,分析了垂直腔面发射激光器相干耦合阵列单元数量、单元间距、单元间相位差对光束质量及偏转角度的影响.仿真结果表明,单元数量越多,发散角越小;单元间距越小,旁瓣强度越小;单元间相位差越大,偏转角度越大.因此,设计相干阵列时,需要尽量减小单元间距,增大阵列规模,实现单元间大相位差的控制.实验制备了3单元相干耦合阵列,通过分离电极实现了单元注入电流的独立控制以及单元间相位差的控制,最终实现二维方向上的光束操控.     

高光束质量垂直腔面发射激光器同相耦合阵列

质子注入型面发射激光器相干耦合阵列能够实现同相模式的激射,但是由于制作过程中的工艺不均匀性引起单元间存在相位差,影响光束的质量。本文通过设计分离电极结构,使每个单元注入的电流得到分别的控制,实现了3单元三角排列阵列高光束质量同相耦合模式的激射。阵列远场发散角仅为3.4°,大约有25.6%的全部能量聚集在中心光斑。激射光谱的线宽为0.24 nm,边模抑制比为27 dB。该方法能够有效提高相干耦合阵列的光束质量,弥补制作工艺中引入的单元不均匀性,提高器件的可靠性和实用性。质子注入方法简单、成本低,能够成为制作高光束质量相干耦合阵列的一个重要方法。