High-efficiency and high-power vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser designed for cryogenic applications

High-efficiency and high-power vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser designed for cryogenic applications Lu, Bo ; Luo, Wen-Lin ; Hains, C. ; Cheng, Julian ; Schneider, Richard P. ; Lear, Kevin L. ; Kilcoyne, Sean Patrick ; Zolper, J. C. "This work was supported in part by AFOSR and the DOE under Contract No. DE-AC04-94AL85000." R. P. Choquette named in list of authors in error. We report the first vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) that has been optimized for cryogenic applications near 77 K, with superior characteristics that include a high output power (Pout = 22 mW at I = 25 mA), high power conversion efficiency (ηd = 32%), low threshold voltage (Vth = 1.75 V) and current (Ith = 1.7 mA), and low power dissipation (9 mW at Pout = 2.0 mW) for a 20-μm-diameter device. Colorado State University. Libraries 1998 text ; image application/pdf ECEkll00029.pdf FACFECEN100379ARTI eng c1995 IEEE

High-efficiency and high-power vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser designed for cryogenic applications

Lu, Bo ; Luo, Wen-Lin ; Hains, C. ; Cheng, Julian ; Schneider, Richard P. ; Lear, Kevin L. ; Kilcoyne, Sean Patrick ; Zolper, J. C.

"This work was supported in part by AFOSR and the DOE under Contract No. DE-AC04-94AL85000."

R. P. Choquette named in list of authors in error.

We report the first vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) that has been optimized for cryogenic applications near 77 K, with superior characteristics that include a high output power (Pout = 22 mW at I = 25 mA), high power conversion efficiency (ηd = 32%), low threshold voltage (Vth = 1.75 V) and current (Ith = 1.7 mA), and low power dissipation (9 mW at Pout = 2.0 mW) for a 20-μm-diameter device.

Colorado State University. Libraries

1998

text ; image

application/pdf

ECEkll00029.pdf

FACFECEN100379ARTI

eng

c1995 IEEE