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Broad-area (BA) semiconductor lasers enable the achieving of high output power. However, the beam quality is low because of the vast number of lateral modes supported by the wide structure. A solution to this problem can be to produce BA lasers with modal reflectors. In this paper a theoretical analysis of the near-threshold behavior of such lasers is provided. The emphasis is put on the geometrical precision of producing of the inhomogeneous mirror. Consequences of asymmetry, with regard to the low-ohmic contact center, and localization of the reflecting part of the mirror on laser operation is discussed.
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Szymański, M. Theoretical analysis of broad-area semiconductor lasers with laterally shifted modal reflectors. Optical and Quantum Electronics 35, 147–160 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022430304274
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