Transverse single-mode edge-emitting lasers based on coupled waveguides

Opt Lett. 2015 May 1;40(9):2150-2. doi: 10.1364/OL.40.002150.

Abstract

We report on the transverse single-mode emission from InGaAs/GaAs quantum well edge-emitting lasers with broadened waveguide. The lasers are based on coupled large optical cavity (CLOC) structures where high-order vertical modes of the broad active waveguide are suppressed due to their resonant tunneling into a coupled single-mode passive waveguide. The CLOC lasers have shown stable Gaussian-shaped vertical far-field profiles with a reduced divergence of ∼22° FWHM (full width at half-maximum) in CW (continuous-wave) operation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Lasers*
  • Optical Phenomena*