Novel surface emitting GaAs/AlGaAs laser diodes based on surface mode emission

A. Köck, A. Seeberg, M. Rosenberger, C. Gmachl, E. Gornik, C. Thanner, L. Korte

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Abstract

We present a novel concept to achieve surface emission from conventional semiconductor laser diodes. This new type of laser diode is modified to allow a coupling of the laser mode to a transverse electric polarized surface mode. As a result we achieve surface emission from GaAs/AlGaAs double heterostructure laser diodes with a beam divergence of 0.2%. This novel concept has a high potential for the realization of a beam steering device.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1164-1166
Number of pages3
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume63
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1993
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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