Effective index model for vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185-5800 (United States)
A new effective index optical model is presented for the analysis of lateral waveguiding effects in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. In addition to providing a concise formalism for reducing the dimensionality of the Maxwell equations describing the lasing mode, this model also provides new insights into waveguiding phenomena in vertical-cavity lasers. In particular, it is shown that the effective index responsible for waveguiding is dependent only on lateral changes in the Fabry--Perot resonance frequency. This concept leads naturally to new design methods for these lasers that are expected to result in more efficient devices with superior modal characteristics. {copyright} 1995 Optical Society of America
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratory
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 115815
- Journal Information:
- Optics Letters, Journal Name: Optics Letters Journal Issue: 13 Vol. 20; ISSN 0146-9592; ISSN OPLEDP
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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