Intra-cavity patterning for mode control in 1.3 μm coupled VCSEL arrays.

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Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Laboratory of Physics of Nanostructures, CH 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.

Published: March 2011

We report coupled VCSEL arrays, emitting at 1.3 μm wavelength, in which both the optical gain/loss and refractive index distributions were defined on different vertical layers. The arrays were electrically pumped through a patterned tunnel junction, whereas the array pixels were realized by intra-cavity patterning using sub-wavelength air gaps. Stable oscillations in coupled modes were evidenced for 2x2 array structures, from threshold current up to thermal roll-over, using spectrally resolved field pattern analysis.

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