Abstract
We report the performance of a high-power vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) with an extra Au layer. By using the extra Au layer, the far-field divergence angle from a 600-μm diameter VCSEL device is suppressed from 30° to 15°, and no strong sidelobe is observed in far-field pattern. There is a slight drop in optical output power due to the introduction of the extra Au layer. By improving the device packaging method, the VCSEL device produces the maximum continuous-wave optical output power of 1.95 W with lasing wavelength of 981.5 nm. The aging test is carried out under constant current mode at 60 °C, and the preliminary result shows that the total degradation of output power is less than 10% after 800 h.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1599-1601 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
Manuscript received January 24, 2005; revised March 28, 2005. This work was supported by the Academic excellence program of CIOMP, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and by the National Science Fund Council of People’s Republic of China under Contract 10104016 and 60306004.
Keywords
- Aging test
- Far-field pattern
- Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs)