Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers

Design, Fabrication, Characterization, and Applications
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-521-00629-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 24, 474 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 884 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Modern Optics

One of the key advances in photonic technology in recent years is the development of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers, or VCSELs. These devices have a huge range of potential applications in areas such as communications, printing, and optical switching. This book provides a clear insight into the physics of VCSELs, as well as describing details of their fabrication and applications. All of the book's contributors are at the forefront of VCSEL research and development. Together they provide complete and coherent coverage of the current state-of-the-art. The opening chapters cover VCSEL design, emission from microcavities, growth, fabrication, and characterization. These are followed by chapters on long and short-wavelength VCSELs, optical data links, and free space optical processing. The book will be of great interest to graduate students and researchers in electrical engineering, applied physics, and materials science. It will also be an excellent reference volume for practising engineers in the photonics industry.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilmsen, Carl W.

Coldren, Larry A.

Temkin, Henryk

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Optik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Quantenoptik, Nichtlineare Optik, Laserphysik
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Lasertechnologie, Holographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction to VCSELs L. A. Coldren, C. W. Wilmsen and H. Temkin; 2. Fundamental issues in VCSEL design L. A. Coldren and Eric R. Hegblom; 3. Enhancement of spontaneous emission in microcavities E. F. Schubert and N. E. J. Hunt; 4. Epitaxy of vertical-cavity lasers R. P. Schneider Jr and Y. H. Young; 5. Fabrication and performance of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers Kent D. Choquette and Kent Geib; 6. Polarization related properties of vertical cavity lasers Dmitri Kuksenkov and Henryk Temkin; 7. Visible light emitting vertical cavity lasers Robert L. Thornton; 8. Long-wavelength vertical-cavity lasers Dubrakovo I. Babic, Joachim Piprek and John E. Bowers; 9. Overview of VCSEL applications Richard C. Williamson; 10. Optical interconnection applications and required characteristics Kenichi Kasahara; 11. VCSEL-based fiber-optic data communications Kenneth Hahn and Kirk Giboney; 12. VCSEL-based smart pixels for free space optoelectronic processing C. W. Wilmsen.

Über Autor(innen)

Temkin, Henryk
Kenryk Temkin holds the Jack Maddox Chair in Electrical Engineering at Texas Tech University. He is a Fellow of the IEEE.

Wilmsen, Carl W.
Carl Wilmsen is Professor of Electrical Engineering at Colorado State University, where he has served as Head of the Department and as Associate Director of the Optoelectronic Computing System Center.

Coldren, Larry A.
Larry Coldren is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and the OSA. He has previously published a book entitled Diode Lasers and Photonic Integrated Circuits.