Realization of spectrally engineered semiconductor Fabry-Perot lasers with narrow geometrical tolerances
Journal article, 2011

Spectrally engineered semiconductor Fabry-Perot laser resonators are designed to enhance the optical feedback for selected longitudinal modes, which thereby require less gain for lasing. This is achieved by introducing refractive index perturbations along the length of the resonator. However, the physical realization of these resonators is a challenge because of very narrow tolerances; in particular the need for precise positioning of the end facets of the resonator in relation to the perturbations, and the excess propagation loss associated with the perturbations, has been a major concern. We report on a method to achieve high-quality end facet mirrors enabling precise positioning relative to the perturbations, the latter which are realized as lateral corrugations of the waveguide. Measurements show that the mirror quality is comparable to that of cleaved mirrors and that the additional loss introduced by the perturbations adds < 10 cm-1 to the overall propagation loss, provided that the perturbations are densely enough spaced along the resonator. This implies that the number of perturbations should be large, which is beneficial for the realization of strongly perturbed resonators enabling the most flexible engineering of the spectral properties of the laser.

resonators

Semiconductor lasers

optical waveguides

cavities

laser diodes

Author

Göran Adolfsson

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Jörgen Bengtsson

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Åsa Haglund

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Bengt Nilsson

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Nanofabrication Laboratory

Anders Larsson

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Journal of Applied Physics

0021-8979 (ISSN) 1089-7550 (eISSN)

Vol. 109 9 093112- 093112

Feedback engineering of semiconductor lasers: towards the generalized distributed feedback laser

Swedish Research Council (VR) (2010-3537), 2011-01-01 -- 2013-12-31.

Areas of Advance

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Subject Categories

Telecommunications

Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

Condensed Matter Physics

DOI

10.1063/1.3587359

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10/7/2017