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High-Contrast Grating VCSELs

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We review a recent invention of single-layer one-dimensional high-index-contrast subwavelength grating (HCG) and its incorporation into a VCSEL structure. The HCG is approximately 50 times thinner than a conventional distributed Bragg reflector (DBR), but offers higher reflectivity with a much broader spectral width. It provides lithographically defined control of polarization, transverse mode and emission wavelength. Using this ultrathin reflector, the tunable mirror in a micro-mechanical HCG-VCSELs are fabricated with a \(10^{4}\) times volume reduction and more than two orders of magnitude improved tuning speed.

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The author wishes to acknowledge major contributions from former and current graduate students at UC Berkeley, C. Mateus, M. Huang, Y. Zhou, C. Chase, V. Karagodsky and Y. Rao; and fruitful collaborations with Profs. Fumio Koyama and Markus Amann. She also thanks the support of a National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship and National Science Foundation through CIAN NSF ERC under grant #EEC-0812072.

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Chang-Hasnain, C.J. (2013). High-Contrast Grating VCSELs. In: Michalzik, R. (eds) VCSELs. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 166. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24986-0_9

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