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We report on a 1550-nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) with single mode power of 0.97 mW. The quaternary AlGaInAs quantum well is designed to improve the gain level in an active region. The mesa structure with tunneling capability is designed and fabricated to achieve the efficient carrier injection and the transverse mode guiding. The distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) mirror of 1550 nm VCSEL consists of the semiconductor DBR and outer dielectric DBR. The central wavelength of VCSEL is 1547.6 nm. The maximum output power of 2.6 mW is achieved at 15 ℃, and the maximum single-mode output power is 0.97 mW. The side mode suppression ratio (SMSR) can reach more than 35 dB. The maximum output power decreases with operation temperature increasing. However, the maximum output power of more than 1.3 mW is also gained at 35 ℃. The shift coefficient of the central wavelength varying with the operation current is 0.13 nm/mA. And the wavelength shows a stable shift with the operation current in the single-mode working region, which indicates the application possibility in the field of gas detection.
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Keywords:
- vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser /
- long wavelength /
- single-mode operation /
- optical communication /
- sensing and detection
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图 1 1550 nm波段VCSEL结构示意图
Figure 1. Schematic cross-section of 1550 nm VCSEL structure.
图 2 (a) 6 nm Al0.06Ga0.22InAs量子阱的价带子能级分布情况; (b)不同载流子浓度下的增益谱变化情况
Figure 2. (a) Separation of valence band energy level of 6 nm Al0.06Ga0.22InAs quantum wells; (b) the gain spectra of quantum well under different carrier density.
图 3 隧穿结结构的电流-电压特性模拟结果, 插图为各隧穿层在1 V偏压下的能带结构计算结果及载流子传输过程示意图
Figure 3. Simulation results of the current-voltage curve of tunneling junction mesa; the insert shows the energy band structure under the bias voltage of 1 V and the schematic of carrier transmission process.
图 4 隧穿结台面刻蚀深度对芯层与包层的折射率差值Δneff = neff-core－neff-cladding以及单模工作区直径的影响
Figure 4. Calculated Δneff of 1550 nm VCSEL and the diameter of single-mode operation changing with the etch depth of mesa structure.
图 5 不同工作温度下VCSEL的功率-电流曲线测试结果
Figure 5. Power-current-characteristics of 1550 nm VCSEL under different operation temperatures.
图 6 工作温度为15 ℃时, (a) VCSEL在不同电流下的单模激光光谱, 以及(b)出光波长与SMSR随工作电流的变化关系
Figure 6. (a) Single-mode spectra of 1550 nm VCSEL for various bias currents; (b) the wavelength and SMSR versus the operation current. The operation temperature is 15 ℃.
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[1] Kamau P, Ming M, Timothy B G, Christian N, Enno R, Markus O, Monroy I T 2011 J. Opt. Commun. Netw 3 399
Google Scholar
[2] Boucher J F, Callahan J J 2011 Proceedings of Defense, Security, and Sensing SPIE Orlando, United States, April 25–29, 2011 p80390B1
[3] Nicolas D, Sébastien C 2002 Prog. Energ. Combust. 28 107
Google Scholar
[4] Hofmann W, Muller M, Nadtochiy A, Meltzer C, Mutig A, Bohm G, Rosskopf J, Bimberg D, Amann M C, Chang-Hasnain C 2009 Opt. Express 17 17547
Google Scholar
[5] Dalila E, Michael Y, Hung K C, Sam S K, Neelanjan B, Sam C, Ghulam H, Mike H, Chris C 2020 Proceedings of SPIE OPTO San Francisco, California, United States, February 1–6, 2020 p113000R
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[8] Syrbu A, Mircea A, Mereuta A, Caliman A, Berseth C A, Suruceanu G, Iakovlev V, Achtenhagen M, Rudra A, Kapon E 2004 IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 16 1230
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[16] Dalila E, Valdimir I, Alexei S, Grigore S, Zlatco M, Andrei C, Alexandru M, Elyahou K 2014 Opt. Express 22 32180
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
Zhang J Y, Zhang J W, Zeng Y G, Zhang J, Ning Y Q, Zhang X, Qin L, Liu Y, Wang L J 2020 Acta Phys. Sin. 69 054204
Google Scholar
[18] Weng W C, Kent D C, Mary H C, Kevin L L, Hadley G R 1997 IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quant. 33 1810
Google Scholar
[19] Hadley G R 1995 Opt. Lett. 20 1483
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[22] Nikolay N L, James A L, Jorg R K, Vitaly A S, Dieter B, Philip M, Gerrit F, Alexey S P, Denis M, Gerard K, Adrian A, Leonid Y K, Sergey A B, Innokenty I N, Nikolay A M, Christoph C, Ronald F 2012 Proceedings of SPIE OPTO San Francisco, California, United States, January 21–26, 2012 p82760K
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