Abstract
A three-dimensional waveguiding structure for a microcavity surface-emitting laser is described in which native aluminum oxide layers provide control of intracavity waveguiding and the laser optical mode structure of the emitted beam. Microcavity lasers described herein account for the blueshift of the emission wavelength as the laser lateral dimensions are reduced to or below the emission wavelength.
Document Type
Patent
Status
Issued
Issue Date
7-24-2001
Patent Number
US 6266357 B1 [6,266,357]
CPC Classification
B82Y20/00
Application number
09/386821
Assignees
Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US)
Filing Date
8-31-1999
Recommended Citation
Feld, Steward, John P. Loehr, and James A. Lott. Microcavity Surface Emitting Laser. United States Patent 6266357 (B1), issued 24 July 20001. https://scholar.afit.edu/patents/60