摘要:
A surface-emitting laser array includes a plurality of light emitting parts. Each light emitting part includes a reflection mirror including aluminum gallium arsenide (AlxGa(1-x)As) where x is greater than 0.95 but less than or equal to 1; an active layer; and an electrode surrounding an emission region, from which laser light is emitted, the electrode covering a region between adjacent light emitting parts in the plurality of light emitting parts.
摘要:
Provided are electromagnetic wave reflectors and optical devices including the same. An electromagnetic wave reflector may include a plurality of layers which have an aperiodic structure and/or thickness. The plurality of layers may satisfy a condition of spatial coherence with respect to electromagnetic waves. The electromagnetic wave reflector may include a plurality of first material layers including a first material having a first refractive index and a plurality of second material layers including a second material having a second refractive index different from the first refractive index. At least two of the plurality of first material layers may have different thicknesses. At least two of the plurality of second material layers may have different thicknesses. At least one of the plurality of first material layers and at least one of the plurality of second material layers may have different thicknesses.
摘要:
The present invention concerns a laser device for generating an optical wave at a laser frequency, comprising (i) a semiconductor element (10) comprising a gain region (13) with quantum wells, said gain region (13) being located between a first mirror (12) and an exit region (14) defining an optical microcavity, (ii) a second mirror (16) distinct from the semiconductor element (10) and arranged so as to form with the first mirror (12) an external optical cavity including the gain region (13), (iii) means (18, 19, 20) for pumping the gain region (13) so as to generate the optical wave (21), wherein the optical microcavity with the gain region (13) and the external optical cavity are arranged so that the spectral ratio between the Half Width Half Maximum (HWHM) spectral bandwidth of the modal gain and the free spectral range of the external cavity is in the range of 5 to 30.
摘要:
The present invention concerns a laser device for generating an optical wave at a laser frequency, comprising (i) a semiconductor element (10) comprising a gain region (13) with quantum wells, said gain region (13) being located between a first mirror (12) and an exit region (14) defining an optical microcavity, (ii) a second mirror (16) distinct from the semiconductor element (10) and arranged so as to form with the first mirror (12) an external optical cavity including the gain region (13), (iii) means (18, 19, 20) for pumping the gain region (13) so as to generate the optical wave (21), wherein the optical microcavity with the gain region (13) and the external optical cavity are arranged so that the spectral ratio between the Half Width Half Maximum (HWHM) spectral bandwidth of the modal gain and the free spectral range of the external cavity is in the range of 5 to 30.
摘要:
An agile optical imaging system for optical coherence tomography imaging using a tunable source comprising a wavelength tunable VCL laser is disclosed. The tunable source has long coherence length and is capable of high sweep repetition rate, as well as changing the sweep trajectory, sweep speed, sweep repetition rate, sweep linearity, and emission wavelength range on the fly to support multiple modes of OCT imaging. The imaging system also offers new enhanced dynamic range imaging capability for accommodating bright reflections. Multiscale imaging capability allows measurement over orders of magnitude dimensional scales. The imaging system and methods for generating the waveforms to drive the tunable laser in flexible and agile modes of operation are also described.
摘要:
A light emitting device includes a first semiconductor multilayer film mirror of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor multilayer film mirror of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, an active layer formed between the first semiconductor multilayer film mirror and the second semiconductor multilayer film mirror, a third semiconductor multilayer film mirror of a semiinsulating type formed between the first semiconductor multilayer film mirror and the active layer, and a contact layer of the first conductivity type formed between the third semiconductor multilayer film mirror and the active layer, and the third semiconductor multilayer film mirror is formed of a material having bandgap energy higher than energy of light generated in the active layer.
摘要:
A semiconductor distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) (110) including a first multilayer structure (103) including a plurality of first semiconductor layers and one or more second semiconductor layers each interposed between a corresponding pair of the plurality of first semiconductor layers; a second multilayer structure (104) including a plurality of third semiconductor layers and one or more second semiconductor layers each interposed between a corresponding pair of the plurality of third semiconductor layers; and a protection layer (105) interposed between the first multilayer structure and the second multilayer structure. The semiconductor layer has a lower decomposition temperature than the first semiconductor layer. The third semiconductor layer has a lower decomposition temperature than the second semiconductor layer.
摘要:
A method of manufacturing a light emitting element includes, sequentially (a) forming a first light reflecting layer having a convex shape; (b) forming a layered structure body by layering a first compound semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second compound semiconductor layer; (c) forming, on the second surface of the second compound semiconductor layer, a second electrode and a second light reflecting layer formed from a multilayer film; (d) fixing the second light reflecting layer to a support substrate; (e) removing the substrate for manufacturing a light emitting element, and exposing the first surface of the first compound semiconductor layer and the first light reflecting layer; (f) etching the first surface of the first compound semiconductor layer; and (g) forming a first electrode on at least the etched first surface of the first compound semiconductor layer.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a surface-emitting laser diode with an active amplifying region (2) which is bounded by two laser mirrors (1, 3), while one or more polarization-selective layers (4) are provided for stabilising the polarization in a region that is located on that side of at least one of the laser mirrors (1, 3) that is opposite the active amplifying region (2), these layers (4) extending parallel to the respective mirror (1; 3) and having a polarization-dependent refractive index and/or absorption.