Half-symmetric cavity tunable microelectromechanical VCSEL withsingle spatial mode |
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Authors: | Tayebati P. Peidong Wang Vakhshoori D. Chih-Cheng Lu Azimi M. Sacks R.N. |
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Affiliation: | CoreTek Inc., Burlington, MA; |
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Abstract: | A new class of microelectromechanically tunable vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with a half-symmetric cavity structure is described. The cavity is realized by inducing a curvature (R~320 μm) in the top movable dielectric mirror. The microcavity forces lasing oscillations in a single fundamental spatial mode of approximately 6 μm despite the 20 μm electrical aperture of the device. The device wavelength was tunable from 863 to 833 nm under a 13-V voltage swing. The device operates in a single fundamental mode with sidemode supression ratio of >20 dB throughout the tuning range |
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