Tunable single-mode fiber-VCSEL using an intracavity polymer microlens
Tunable single-mode fiber-VCSEL using an intracavity polymer microlens
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DOI：
10.1364/ol.32.002831
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发表时间：
2007-10-01
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3.6
通讯作者：
Dawson, Martin D.
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作者：
Laurand, Nicolas;Guilhabert, Benoit;Dawson, Martin D.
我们报道了一种可调谐的单模垂直腔面发射激光器（VCSEL）形式，它适用于阵列操作、功率扩展、光纤耦合以及在诸如原子光学所需的隔离环境中工作。这些器件是光纤VCSEL，由半导体增益和反射镜结构组成，该结构通过空气（或真空）间隙与镀有反射镜的光纤隔开。增益结构表面制作有聚合物微透镜，其特性适合将振荡模式聚焦在两个腔镜上，确保稳定的基模发射和高的光纤耦合效率。我们展示了这种器件在室温下1.03μm处的连续波工作情况，其单模调谐范围为13nm，激光阈值低至2.5mW，最大光纤耦合输出功率为10mW。（c）2007美国光学学会。
We report a tunable, single-mode vertical cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) format suitable for array operation, power scaling, fiber coupling, and operation in isolated environments such as those required by atom optics. The devices are fiber VCSELs, consisting of a semiconductor gain and mirror structure separated from a mirror-coated optical fiber by an air (or vacuum) gap. The gain structure has polymer microlenses fabricated on its surface, of characteristics suitable to focus the oscillating mode on both cavity mirrors, ensuring stable fundamental mode emission and high fiber coupling efficiency. We demonstrate such devices in continuous-wave operation at 1.03 mu m at room temperature, with a single-mode tuning range of 13 nm, laser threshold as low as 2.5 mW, and a maximum fiber-coupled output power of 10 mW. (c) 2007 Optical Society of America.