FABRICATION OF A 2-DIMENSIONAL PHASED-ARRAY OF VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS

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YOO, HJ
SCHERER, A
HARBISON, JP
FLOREZ, LT
PAEK, EG
VANDERGAAG, BP
HAYES, JR
VONLEHMEN, A
KAPON, E
KWON, YS
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[1] Bellcore, Red Bank, NJ 07701-7040
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10.1063/1.102558
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We report the successful fabrication of a two-dimensional phase-locked array of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. The array was comprised of more than 160 vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers of 1.3 μm diameter with a separation of less than 0.1 μm between each lasing element. The array had a 25 μm diameter and each of the elemental lasers was located on a two-dimensional rectangular lattice. The threshold current of the two-dimensional array 45 mA yields a threshold current of 280 μA for an elemental laser. The far-field beam angle of the array was as narrow as 7°, and the spectral purity was found to be good enough to allow for a clear holographic image reconstruction of a holographic memory.
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