PHASE COUPLING OF 2 OPTICALLY PUMPED VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTINGLASERS

Authors
HENDRIKS RFM VANEXTER MP WOERDMAN JP VANDERPOEL CJ
Citation
Rfm. Hendriks et al., PHASE COUPLING OF 2 OPTICALLY PUMPED VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTINGLASERS, Applied physics letters, 69(7), 1996, pp. 869-871
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036951
Volume
69
Issue
7
Year of publication
1996
Pages
869 - 871
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(1996)69:7<869:PCO2OP>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We have studied the interaction between two optically pumped vertical- cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) on a wafer as a function of th eir separation d. The VCSELs are strongly coupled for d less than or e qual to 13 mu m, leading to the appearance of higher-order lateral mod es. For d greater than or equal to 13 mu m the VCSELs are weakly coupl ed, leading to phase locking of the individual emitters. (C) 1996 Amer ican Institute of Physics.