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Mode Selection of a Lateral Waveguide for Single-Mode Operation of Lasers with a Distributed Bragg Reflector

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The possibilities for mode selection in mesa-stripe lateral waveguides for single-mode operation of lasers with a surface distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) are theoretically investigated. The dependence of the mode discrimination of the TE00 and TE01 lateral modes on the parameters of the laser crystal (mesa-stripe width, mesa-groove depth, and DBR depth) is analyzed. An algorithm for selection of these parameters depending on the required generation spectral width for a given design of heterostructure is demonstrated. A possibility for an increase in the width of the emitting aperture with maintaining of the single-mode lasing is shown. In this case, the selection of lateral modes in narrow mesa-stripe waveguides is achieved due to the difference in the DBR reflection coefficients for the TE00 and TE01 modes at a given DBR length. The resulting increase in the aperture can be used to increase the optical power of the laser in the single-mode regime.

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This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 19-79-30072).

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    V. V. Zolotarev, A. E. Rizaev, A. V. Lutetskiy, S. O. Slipchenko & N. A. Pikhtin

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Zolotarev, V.V., Rizaev, A.E., Lutetskiy, A.V. et al. Mode Selection of a Lateral Waveguide for Single-Mode Operation of Lasers with a Distributed Bragg Reflector. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 50 (Suppl 2), S154–S162 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335623140178

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