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The Influence of Cavity Design on the Linewidth of Near-IR Single-Mode Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers

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The studies of the emission linewidth for single-mode near-IR vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with an active region based on InGaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells and different optical microcavity design. For low mirror loss, lasers with a 1λ cavity and carrier injection through distributed Bragg reflectors demonstrate a linewidth of 70 MHz and its growth to 110 MHz with increasing mirror loss (corresponding differential of efficiency ∼0.65 W/A). The design of the optical cavity with carrier injection through intracavity contacts and low-Q composition Bragg lattices reduces the linewidth to 40 MHz in spite of high mirror loss (corresponding differential efficiency of ∼0.6 W/A).

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  1. Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia

    S. A. Blokhin, M. A. Bobrov, A. G. Kuz’menkov, A. A. Blokhin, A. P. Vasil’ev, Yu. A. Guseva, M. M. Kulagina, Yu. M. Zadiranov, N. A. Maleev, L. Ya. Karachinsky & V. M. Ustinov

  2. Submicron Heterostructures for Microelectronics Research and Engineering Center, Russian Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia

    A. G. Kuz’menkov, A. A. Blokhin, A. P. Vasil’ev, Yu. A. Guseva & V. M. Ustinov

  3. St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University, St. Petersburg, 197022, Russia

    N. A. Maleev

  4. Connector Optics LLC, St. Petersburg, 194292, Russia

    I. I. Novikov & L. Ya. Karachinsky

  5. VI Systems GmbH, Berlin, Germany

    N. N. Ledentsov

  6. Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, 195251, Russia

    V. M. Ustinov

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Original Russian Text © S.A. Blokhin, M.A. Bobrov, A.G. Kuz’menkov, A.A. Blokhin, A.P. Vasil’ev, Yu.A. Guseva, M.M. Kulagina, Yu.M. Zadiranov, N.A. Maleev, I.I. Novikov, L.Ya. Karachinsky, N.N. Ledentsov, V.M. Ustinov, 2018, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2018, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 67–75.

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Blokhin, S.A., Bobrov, M.A., Kuz’menkov, A.G. et al. The Influence of Cavity Design on the Linewidth of Near-IR Single-Mode Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers. Tech. Phys. Lett. 44, 28–31 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785018010042

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