TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE OF THE TRANSVERSE LASING MODE IN VERTICAL-CAVITY LASERS

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DENG, H [1 ]
LIN, CC [1 ]
HUFFAKER, DL [1 ]
DENG, Q [1 ]
DEPPE, DG [1 ]
ROGERS, TJ [1 ]
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[1] MARTIN MARIETTA CORP, SYRACUSE, NY 13121 USA
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10.1063/1.358816
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Experimental data are presented along with calculations which describe the near-threshold transverse modes in AlAs/GaAs/InGaAs vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with two different Bragg reflector systems. The Bragg reflector systems are composed of either AlAs/GaAs quarter-wave stacks or a combination of AlAs/GaAs and ZnSe/CaF. The temperature dependence of the lasing mode is studied for three different structures, and it is shown that higher-order lasing modes are favored with strong cavity detuning when the cavity resonance exists at a wavelength greater than the bulk emission peak. Important aspects of the lasing behavior are described by calculating the spontaneous mode which occurs at the lasing wavelength. © 1995 American Institute of Physics.
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