UNIDIRECTIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR RING LASERS WITH RACETRACK CAVITIES

Authors
HOHIMER JP VAWTER GA
Citation
Jp. Hohimer et Ga. Vawter, UNIDIRECTIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR RING LASERS WITH RACETRACK CAVITIES, Applied physics letters, 63(18), 1993, pp. 2457-2459
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036951
Volume
63
Issue
18
Year of publication
1993
Pages
2457 - 2459
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(1993)63:18<2457:USRLWR>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
We report the development of racetrack-cavity semiconductor ring laser s that operate unidirectionally by means of an active crossover wavegu ide. These racetrack-cavity lasers show improved performance over prev ious circular-cavity unidirectional ring lasers with continuous-wave s ingle-frequency output powers of greater-than-or-equal-to 10 mW, and w ith up to 99% of the lasing output emitted from the preferred ring dir ection.