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。     

注入电流引起质子轰击VCSEL中的模式竞争

为了分析质子轰击垂直腔面发射激光器(VCSEL)中注入电流引起的激光模式竞争过程,在三维空间中对VCSEL激射后光电热进行了研究。给出仿真光电热的方程之后,在室温连续工作条件下,对电流孔半径r为4μm、阈值电流Ith为4.5 m A的VCSEL进行自洽求解。当注入电流Iin分别为5.0,5.5,6.0 m A时,得到了对应的外加电压和输出光功率,并绘制了VCSEL的电势、注入电流、载流子、光场和热场的空间分布,给出了连续工作下输出光功率随注入电流变化的曲线。仿真结果表明:随着注入VCSEL中的电流增加,电流密度增大,激光的横向基模和横向一阶模式同时增强。横向一阶模式增加的强度及扩展的范围大于横向基模,激光输出能量逐渐向横向一阶模式过渡,横向模式竞争的同时产生载流子空间烧孔,因此在电流孔半径r≥4μm的VCSEL中,连续工作激光模式不稳定。     

基于椭圆偏振光注入垂直腔表面发射激光器的正交偏振模式单周期振荡产生两路光子微波

提出了基于椭圆偏振光注入下垂直腔表面发射激光器(VCSEL)输出的正交偏振模式单周期(P1)振荡来同时获取两路光子微波的实现方案, 并进行了相关仿真研究. 结果表明: 在合适的参数条件下, 一个自由运行的VCSEL(定义为主VCSEL, M-VCSEL)可输出椭圆偏振光, 其X偏振分量和Y 偏振分量具有相同的激射频率; 将M-VCSEL输出的椭圆偏振光注入到另外一个VCSEL(定义为副VCSEL, S-VCSEL), 在给定主副VCSEL间频率失谐的条件下, 通过选择合适的注入强度可使S-VCSEL 中两个偏振分量均呈现单周期(P1)振荡, 从而可获得两正交的光子微波信号; 随着注入强度的增加, 光子微波的频率以及功率均呈现增加的趋势; 结合微波频率、功率以及输出光谱中第一边带和第二边带的幅度差在由注入强度和频率失谐所构成参数空间下的分布图, 可确定获取高品质微波信号的优化注入参数范围.     

半导体/超晶格分布布拉格反射镜的特性研究

在n+ GaAs (10 0 )衬底上由分子束外延技术 (MBE)生长了以 [GaAs/AlAs]超晶格替代AlxGa1-xAs所形成的新型AlAs/ [GaAs/AlAs]半导体 /超晶格分布布拉格反射镜 (DBR) ,并对此DBR的光、电学特性进行了实验测量。从实验获得的DBR的反射谱中得出 ,其反射谱中心波长为 85 0nm ,19周期此DBR的峰值反射率高达 99 5 % ,反射带宽度为 90nm左右。与此同时 ,由自行设计的二次钨丝掩模质子注入形成 15× 15 μm2 正方形电流注入区对 p型DBR的串联电阻进行了测量 ,克服了化学湿腐蚀法中腐蚀深度不易控制及侧面同时被腐蚀的缺点。实验得出此 p型DBR的串联电阻仅为 5 0Ω左右。由此可见 ,此DBR在保持高的反射率的同时具有较低的串联电阻。最后 ,对DBR的串联电阻与温度关系的实验研究表明 ,此DBR的串联电阻受温度的影响不大。     

高峰值功率808nm垂直腔面发射激光器列阵

为了实现808 nm垂直腔面发射激光器(VCSEL)的高功率输出,对808 nm VCSEL的分布式布拉格反射镜(DBR)结构材料进行了优化设计,分析了AlxGa1-xAs材料中Al组分对于折射率与吸收的影响,并最终确定了材料。采用非闭合环结构制备了2×2 VCSEL列阵。通过波形分析法对VCSEL列阵的功率进行了测量:在脉冲宽度为20 ns、重复频率为100 Hz、注入电流为110 A的条件下,最大峰值功率为30 W;在脉冲宽度为60 ns、重复频率为100 Hz、注入电流为30 A的条件下,最大功率为9 W。对列阵的近场和远场进行了测量,激光器垂直发散角和水平发散角半高全宽分别为16.9°和17.6°。     

表面液晶-垂直腔面发射激光器阵列的热特性

液晶与垂直腔面发射半导体激光器(VCSELs)阵列结合可实现波长可调谐、偏振精确控制等,同时液晶的引入也会改变垂直腔面发射半导体激光器阵列的热特性,本文设计了表面液晶-垂直腔面发射激光器阵列结构,并开展了阵列的热特性实验研究.对比分析了向列相液晶层对VCSEL阵列热特性的影响,实验结果表明,1×1,2×2,3×3三种表面液晶-VCSEL阵列的阈值电流温度变化率最高可降低23.6%,热阻降低26.75%;同时,激光器阵列各发光单元之间的温度均匀性显著提高,出光孔与周围温差小于0.5℃.综上所述,VCSEL阵列中液晶层的引入不仅大大加速激光器阵列单元热量扩散,而且降低了有源区结温,提高了VCSELs激光器阵列热特性,为实现高光束质量的单偏振波长可控VCSEL激光器阵列打下了良好的理论和实验基础.     

高功率980nm垂直腔面发射激光器的亮度特性

在循环水冷却(工作环境温度控制在15℃)和连续注入电流条件下,从垂直腔面发射激光器(VCSEL)亮度基本定义出发,实验测量了不同注入电流时口径为400μm的高功率980nm InGaAs/GaAs应变量子阱垂直腔面发射激光器(VCSEL)的亮度特性。结果表明:在注入电流4 A时,随着注入电流的增加,亮度也跟着增加;当注入电流4A时,尽管输出功率在增加,但是器件的光束质量变差,M2因子升高,表明此时影响器件亮度的主导因素是M2因子,所以亮度减小;在注入电流为4A,输出功率为1.2W时,亮度达到最大值2.43kW/cm2.sr,此时的光束质量最好,M2因子为207。最后,分析了影响高功率VCSEL器件亮度特性的主要因素,提出了提高器件亮度特性的解决方法。     

808 nm大功率半导体激光器阵列的优化设计

 采用激射波长为808 nm的GaAs/AlGaAs梯度折射率波导分别限制单量子阱结构外延片,制备了沟道深度不同的半导体激光器阵列,并对载流子分布进行理论分析和模拟。理论和实验结果表明：引入脊形台面和隔离沟道后,激光器阵列的输出功率、电光转换效率、斜率效率和光谱特性均有显著提高。随着沟道的加深,对电流侧向扩散的限制作用增强,从而提高了阵列性能。     

1550 nm毫瓦级单横模垂直腔面发射半导体激光器

报道了国内首次实现出光功率达到毫瓦量级的单横模1550 nm波段垂直腔面发射半导体激光器(vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser, VCSEL).设计了基于InAlGaAs四元量子阱的应变发光区结构;设计并制备了具有隧穿特性的台面结构,实现了对载流子空穴的高效注入及横向模式调控;采用半导体分布式布拉格反射镜与介质反射镜结合的方式制备了1550 nm VCSEL的反射镜结构. VCSEL中心波长位于1547.6 nm,工作温度为15℃时最高出光功率可达到2.6 mW,最高单模出光功率达到0.97 mW,最大边模抑制比达到35 dB.随着工作温度增加,激光器最高出光功率由于发光区增益衰减而降低,然而35℃下最大出光功率仍然可以达到1.3 mW.激光器中心波长随工作电流漂移系数为0.13 nm/mA,并且激光波长在单模工作区呈现出非常一致的漂移速度,在气体探测领域具有很好的应用潜力.本研究为下一步通过高密度集成获得高功率1550 nm VCSEL列阵奠定了基础.     

808 nm高占空比大功率半导体激光器阵列

 采用渐变折射率分别限制单量子阱宽波导结构,通过降低非辐射复合、有源层载流子泄露、散射和吸收损耗来提高出射效率和降低激光阈值电流,从而提高半导体激光器阵列的输出功率;同时使P面具有更高的粒子掺杂数密度,优化N面合金条件,降低半导体激光器的串联电阻,降低焦耳热,提高了半导体激光器阵列的转换效率。利用金属有机化学气相淀积技术生长GaInAsP/InGaP/AlGaAs渐变折射率分别限制单量子阱宽波导结构激光器材料,利用该材料制成半导体激光线阵列在20%高占空比的输入电流下,半导体激光器的输出峰值功率达到189.64 W(180 A),斜率效率为1.1 W/A,中心波长为805.0 nm,阈值电流为7.6 A,电光转换效率最高可达55.4%;在1%占空比的输入电流下,阵列的输出峰值功率可达324.9 W(300 A),斜率效率为1.11 W/A,阈值电流为7.8 A,电光转化效率最高达55.6%,中心波长为804.5 nm。     

Hybrid point/ring-defect photonic crystal VCSEL with high spectral purity and high output power

A hybrid point/ring-defect photonic crystal vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) is presented. To analyze the possible lasing supermodes, the device is simplified to a 3 × 1 VCSEL array along any direction in plane due to the hybrid point/ring defects with approximately radial symmetry. Three supermodes are predicted based on the coupled-mode theory. In the experiment, only three supermodes appear at most over the entire current range, consistent with the theoretical predictions. The full width at half maximum of the lasing spectrum at rollover is less than 0.1 nm, and the maximum output power of the device reaches 4.3 mW.     

High-power vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers bonded with efficient packaging

<正>High-power vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers(VCSELs) are processed using a wet thermal-selective oxidation technique.The VCSEL chips are packaged by employing three different bonding methods of silver solder,In-Sn solder,and metalized diamond heat spreader.After packaging,optical output power, wavelength shift,and thermal resistance of the devices are measured and compared in an experiment.The device packaged with a metalized diamond heat spreader shows the best operation characteristics among the three methods.The 200-μm-diameter device bonded with a metalized diamond heat spreader produces a continuous wave optical output power of 0.51 W and a corresponding power density of 1.6 kW/cm~2 at room temperature.The thermal resistance is as low as 10 K/W.The accelerated aging test is also carried out at high temperature under constant current mode.The device operates for more than 1000 h at 70℃,and the total degradation is only about 10%.     

Enhanced thermal stability of VCSEL array by thermoelectric analysis-based optimization of mesas distribution

The thermal stability of a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser(VCSEL) array is enhanced by redesigning the mesa arrangement. Based on a thermoelectric coupling three-dimensional(3D) finite-element model, an optimized VCSEL array is designed. The effects of this optimization are studied experimentally. Power density characteristics of VCSEL arrays with different mesa configuration are obtained under different thermal stress in which the optimized device shows improved performance. Optimized device also shows better stability from measured spectra and calculated thermal resistances. The experimental results prove that our simulation model and optimization is instructive for VCSEL array design.     

Ultrafast switching dynamics of nonlasing modes of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Single-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) have been investigated with ultrafast optical modulation. After injection of a subpicosecond laser pulse into the VCSEL cavity, nonlasing modes were excited and produced optical beating in the emission of the VCSEL. After these oscillations have died down, when the VCSEL is operating at high power and when the injected laser pulses exceed a power threshold as well, the injected laser pulses can induce the lasing to switch to a normally nonlasing mode with crossed polarization. Our measurements of the decay time of the nonlasing modes at low injected pulse energy are consistent with the interpretation of this switching as enabled by increased lifetime of the nonlasing modes at high power.     

Polarization-bistable vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers: application for optical bit memory

We summarize recent results on polarization-bistable vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) and their application to optical buffer memory. All-optical flip-flop operation with very low switching energies and high repetition rates is achieved. An optical buffer memory consisting of a two-dimensional array of polarization-bistable VCSELs, in which the bit state of the optical signal, “0” or “1”, is stored as a lasing linear polarization state of 0 or 90°. Input data stored as the polarization states of the first VCSEL are transferred to the polarization states of the second VCSEL. In our experiments with 980 nm polarization-bistable VCSELs, 10 Gbit/s optical buffering, 2-bit optical buffering, and a shift register function have been successfully demonstrated.     

Power dissipation in oxide-confined 980-nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

We presented 980-nm oxide-confined vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) with a 16-μm oxide aperture. Optical power, voltage, and emission wavelength are measured in an ambient temperature range of 5℃ C-80℃. Measurements combined with an empirical model are used to analyse the power dissipation in the device and the physical mechanism contributing to the thermal rollover phenomenon in VCSEL. It is found that the carrier leakage induced selfheating in the active region and the Joule heating caused by the series resistance are the main sources of power dissipation. In addition, carrier leakage induced selfheating increases as the injection current increases, resulting in a rapid decrease of the internal quantum efficiency, which is a dominant contribution to the thermal rollover of the VCSEL at a larger current. Our study provides useful guidelines to design a 980-nm oxide-confined VCSEL for thermal performance enhancement.     

Current spreading modification to enhance single-fundamental-mode VCSEL operation at higher temperatures

Continuous-wave (CW) performance of modern oxide-confined (OC) vertical-cavity surface-emitting diode lasers (VCSELs) at room and elevated temperatures is investigated with the aid of the comprehensive fully self-consistent optical-electrical-thermal-gain model. A standard OC GaInNAs/GaAs double-quantum-well VCSEL emitting the 1.3-μm radiation is used as a typical modern VCSEL structure. The oxide aperture is placed at the anti-node position of an optical standing wave within a VCSEL cavity. The desired single-fundamental-mode (SFM) operation has been found to be expected only in VCSELs equipped with relatively small active regions of diameters equal or smaller than 10 μm. Therefore a proton implantation used as an radial additional confinement of the current spreading from the upper annular contact towards the centrally located active region is proposed and its impact on the VCSEL performance is investigated. The above structure modification has been found to enable a radical improvement in the VCSEL performance. In particular, in this case, the SFM VCSEL operation is possible even in VCSELs with quite large active regions and for much wider ambient-temperature range than in the standard OC VCSELs.     

Structure Optimisation of a Possible 1.5-μm GaAs-based Vertical-cavity Surface-emitting Laser Diode with the GaInNAsSb/GaNAs Quantum-well Active Region

Structure optimisation of the GaAs-based GaInNAsSb/GaNAs quantum-well (QW) vertical-cavity surface-emitting diode lasers (VCSELs) has been carried out using the comprehensive three-dimensional self-consistent physical model of their room-temperature (RT) continuous-wave (CW) threshold operation. The model has been applied to investigate a possibility to use these devices as carrier-wave lasing sources in the third-generation optical-fibre communication. In this simulation, all physical (optical, electrical, thermal and gain) phenomena crucial for a laser operation including all important interactions between them are taken into consideration. As expected, the 1.5λ-cavity VCSEL has been found to demonstrate the lowest RT CW threshold. However, for many VCSEL applications, the analogous VCSEL equipped with a longer 3λ-cavity should be recommended because it exhibits only slightly higher threshold but manifest much better mode selectivity – the desired single-fundamental-mode operation has been preserved in these devices up to at least 380 K. The Auger recombination has been found to be decidedly the main reason of the threshold current increase at higher temperatures. A proper initial red detuning of the resonator wavelength with respect to the gain spectrum may drastically decrease CW lasing thresholds, especially at higher temperatures.     

基于AlN膜结构VCSEL热特性的研究(英文)

本文用ANSYS有限元热分析软件模拟了基于AlN膜钝化层和Si O2膜钝化层的高功率垂直腔面发射半导体激光器(VCSEL)器件内部的热场分布和热矢量分布.目的是证明Al N膜钝化层要比SiO2膜钝化层有具更好的特性,使器件能更稳定的工作,提高器件的特性,经模拟得到基于Al N膜钝化层的VCSEL热阻为3.12℃/W,而基于SiO2膜钝化层的VCSEL的热阻为4.77℃/W.经实验测得基于Al N膜钝化层的VCSEL热阻为3.59℃/W而基于SiO2膜钝化层的VCSEL的热阻为4.82℃/W,模拟结果和实验结果吻合较好.说明AlN膜钝化层要比SiO2膜钝化层具有更好的热特性.     

1.55-μm InGaAs/InGaAlAs MQW vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with InGaAlAs/InP distributed Bragg reflectors

High-performance InGaAs/InGaAlAs multiple-quantum-well vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) with InGaAlAs/InP distributed Bragg reflectors are proposed for operation at the wavelength of 1.55 μm. The lasers have good heat diffusion characteristic, large index contrast in DBRs, and weak temperature sensitivity. They could be fabricated either by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) or by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) growth. The laser light-current characteristics indicate that a suitable reflectivity of the DBR on the light output side in a laser makes its output power increase greatly and its lasing threshold current reduce significantly, and that a small VCSEL could output the power around its maximum for the output mirror at the reflectivity varying in a broader range than a large VCSEL does.