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Lasing on higher-azimuthal-order modes in vertical cavity surface emitting lasers at room temperature

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We report a direct method to observe higher-azimuthal-order whispering-gallery-like modes in vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) at room temperature. Instead of introducing any defect mode, we show that suppression of lower-order cavity modes can be achieved by destroying vertical reflectors with a surface micro-structure. Perfect higher-order modes with an azimuthal number as large as 41 are observed in experiments through collecting near-field radiation patterns, as well as in numerical simulations.

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  1. Institute of Photonics Technologies, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan

    C.-J. Cheng, Y. Y. Lin, C.-Y. Chen & R.-K. Lee

  2. Graduate School of Optoelectronics, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin, 640, Taiwan

    T.-D. Lee

  3. Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, 310, Taiwan

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Cheng, CJ., Lin, Y.Y., Chen, CY. et al. Lasing on higher-azimuthal-order modes in vertical cavity surface emitting lasers at room temperature. Appl. Phys. B 97, 619–623 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-009-3744-0

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