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Vertical cavity-surface emitting photonic crystal surface-mode lasers

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We present the research of a type of vertical cavity-surface emitting photonic crystal laser with a periodically modulated surface. The proper modulation to the cavity surface changes nonradiative surface modes into radiative ones and the constructive interference of the radiative waves results in the vertical surface emission. The numerical investigation of such cavities shows that, for a cavity with a definite length, resonant frequencies and their quality factors mainly depend on the magnitude of the corrugated surface. Furthermore, the simulation of the lasing processes demonstrates the features of this type of laser, such as vertical surface emitting, flat wavefront and single mode operation which is robust.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, P.R. China

    D. Zhao, C. Zhou, Y. Zhang, L. Shi & X. Jiang

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Zhao, D., Zhou, C., Zhang, Y. et al. Vertical cavity-surface emitting photonic crystal surface-mode lasers. Appl. Phys. B 91, 475–478 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-008-3000-z

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