Membrane Reflector Vertical Cavity Lasers at Near- and Midwave-Infrared

Abstract

We carried out both fundamental and developmental research on a novel DBR-free membrane reflector based VCSELs (MR-VCSELs), with the demonstration of 1550 nm lasing operation at room temperature. The laser consists of an InGaAsP QW based heterostructure, sandwiched in between two single-layer photonic crystal Fano resonance silicon nanomembrane reflectors. Detailed theoretical and experimental work has been carried out towards high performance single layer broadband membrane reflector demonstrations, MR-VCSEL cavity design, and optically pumped laser demonstration at room temperature. The thermally engineering membrane reflectors have also been investigated for high performance lasers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 30, 2014
Accession Number
ADA605647

Entities

People

  • Weidong Zhou
  • Zhenqiang Ma

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Arlington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Vapor Deposition
  • Climate Change
  • Coatings
  • Crystal Lattices
  • Fabrication
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Resonators
  • Lasers
  • Materials
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Photonic Crystals
  • Semiconductors
  • Standing Waves
  • Thin Films
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy