高速光子晶体面发射激光器研究进展

光子晶体面发射激光器（PCSEL）利用二维光子晶体光栅的布拉格共振实现面发射激光,具有其独特的优势,包括单模性能、在片测试、高功率、低发散角等。相比垂直腔面发射激光器（VCSEL）,PCSEL有将近两倍的有源区光限制因子,展现出高速运行的潜力。本文探讨了PCSEL的基本结构和工作原理,并详细分析了影响PCSEL激光器实现高速性能的关键因素。随后,文章系统地介绍了近年来研究者们为实现PCSEL高速性能所做的努力,重点聚焦于通过增强PCSEL的面内限制来缩小激光腔,并提供了相关的研究方向和指导。     

High beam quality broad-area diode lasers by spectral beam combining with double filters

A modified spectral beam combining(SBC) approach based on double asymmetrical filters was proposed. By using this scheme, the high-order lateral modes at the edge of the far-field pattern can be suppressed in the external cavity, and the beam quality in the slow-axis direction was improved from 16.1 to 13.4 compared to the conventional SBC. In the meanwhile, the electrical-to-optical efficiency from the modified SBC was more than 40% with an output power of 34.1 W, which is similar to that of the conventional SBC.