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Single-transverse mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) are preferable optical sources for small low-power atomic sensors, including chip-scale atomic clocks, magnetometers, and gyroscopes.When VCSEL is used as the pump source of nuclear magnetic resonance gyroscope, it is required to have high single-mode output power. Oxide aperture diameter must be sufficiently small (< 4 µm) in a conventional oxide-confined VCSEL to support the fundamental mode alone. However, high series resistance (typically > 200 Ω for GaAs-based VCSEL) from the small aperture limits its output power and reliability due to excessive current-induced self-heating and high current density. It is a very attractive idea to achieve high power operation of an intrinsic single mode VCSEL based on a large oxide aperture by means of epitaxial structure design without introducing additional process steps. Transverse optical confinement in oxide-confined VCSELs crucially depends on the thickness of oxide layer and its position relative to standing wave. Modifying the structure reduces the overlap between the oxide layer and the standing wave as well as the difference in effective refractive index between core and cladding of the VCSEL, thereby reducing the number of transverse modes andincreasing the mode extension beyond oxide aperture. A 795-nm VCSEL is designed and fabricated based on this concept. A cavity structure of VCSEL with gain-cavity detuning of ~10.8 nm at room temperature is adopted in this paper. The effective refractive index and the standing wave distribution of the VCSEL are calculated, and the position of the oxide layer in the epitaxial structure of the VCSEL is optimized according to the standing wave distribution. Finally, the structure with low effective refractive index difference is obtained. The proposed device achieves high single-mode operation of 4.1 mW at 80 ℃, SMSR of 41.68 dB, and OPSR of 27.4 dB. The VCSEL is applied to a nuclear magnetic resonance gyroscope (NMRG) system as pump source due to its excellent device performance, and satisfactory test results are obtained. This paper presents a new method of designing single-mode high power VCSEL and its feasibility is also demonstrated through experimental results.
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Keywords:
- vertical cavity surface-emitting semiconductor laser /
- large oxide aperture /
- single fundermental mode /
- nuclear magnetic resonance gyroscope
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图 1 VCSEL结构图
Figure 1. Schematic of VCSELs.
图 2 (a) In0.125Al0.14Ga0.735As/Al0.3Ga0.7As量子阱在不同温度下的增益谱; (b)腔模位置增益和波长随温度变化
Figure 2. (a) Gain spectra of In0.125Al0.14Ga0.735As/Al0.3Ga0.7As quantum wells at different temperatures; (b) the wavelength and gain at cavity-mode at different temperature.
图 3 在折射率差为(a) 0.01和(b) 0.002的两个VCSEL中径向3个模式LP01, LP11, 和LP21 的分布
Figure 3. (a) Distribution of LP01, LP11, and LP21 modes along the radial direction of VCSELs with (a) Δneff = 0.01 and (b) Δneff = 0.002.
图 4 VCSEL的功率特性的光谱特性测试系统原理图
Figure 4. Schematic diagram of the power and spectrum characteristic test system of VCSEL.
图 5 器件在不同电流 (a)及不同温度(b)下的光谱特性
Figure 5. Spectral characteristics of VCSELs with different injection current (a) and different temperature (b).
图 6 VCSEL在80 ℃下不同电流下的近场光斑
Figure 6. Near field patterns of VCSEL under different current at 80 ℃.
图 7 (a) VCSEL的功率电流曲线; (b)阈值电流随温度变化
Figure 7. (a) Power-current characteristics of the device; (b) threshold current varying with temperature.
图 8 (a) VCSEL的偏振功率曲线; (b) 80 ℃, 5 mA时的偏振光谱
Figure 8. (a)Optical power of VCSEL in different polarization angles at 80 ℃; (b) polarization-resolved spectrum of VCSEL at 80 ℃ and 5 mA.
图 9 NMRG系统原理图
Figure 9. Diagram of the NMRG prototype.
图 10 采用(a)商用DBR激光器和(b)新设计VCSEL激光器作为NMRG的抽运源测得的系统FID信号
Figure 10. The FID signal of the NMRG system obtain by using (a) commercial DBR laser and (b) newly designed VCSEL laser as the pump source.
图 11 采用(a)商用DBR激光器和(b)新设计VCSEL激光器作为NMRG的抽运源测得的系统信噪比
Figure 11. The signal-to-noise ratio of the NMRG system obtain by using (a) commercial DBR laser and (b) newly designed VCSEL laser as the pump source.
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[1] Larson A 2011 IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quant. Electron. 17 1552
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[3] Kitching J 2018 Appl. Phys. Rev. 5 031302
Google Scholar
[4] Knappe S, Gerginov V, Schwindt P D D, Shah V, Robinson H G, Hollberg L, Kitching J 2005 Opt. Lett. 30 2351
Google Scholar
[5] Gruet F, Al-Samaneh A, Kroemer E, Bimboes L, Miletic D, Affolderbach C, Wahl D, Boudot R, Mileti G, Michalzik R 2013 Opt. Express 21 5781
Google Scholar
[6] Maleev N A, Blokhin S A, Bobrov M A, et al. 2018 Gyroscopy Navig. 9 177
Google Scholar
[7] Czyszanowski T, Dems M, Panajotov K 2007 Opt. Express 15 5604
Google Scholar
[8] Baek J H, Song D S, Hwang I K, Lee K H, Lee Y H 2004 Opt. Express 12 859
Google Scholar
[9] Furukawa A, Sasaki S, Hoshi M, Matsuzono A, Moritoh K, Baba T 2004 Appl. Phys. Lett. 85 5161
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Wang Y, Cui B F, Fang T X 2017 Optoelectronics 7 50
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Google Scholar
Zhang J, Ning Y Q, Zhang J W, Zhang X, Zeng Y G, Wang L J 2014 Optics Precision Engineer. 22 50
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Zhao J, Qin L, Yan S B, Ren X H 2009 Int. Electr. Elem. 17 118
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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[30] Gruet F, Al-Samaneh A, Kroemer E, Bimboes L, Miletic D, Affolderback C, Wahl D, Boudot R, Mileti G, Michalzik R 2013 Optics Express 21 5781
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Google Scholar
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