ZHANG Xing, NING Yong-qiang, ZENG Yu-gang, QIN Li, LIU Yun, WANG Li-Jun. Optimization of element structure in 980 nm high-power vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser array[J]. Editorial Office of Optics and Precision Engineering, 2011,19(9): 2014-2022
ZHANG Xing, NING Yong-qiang, ZENG Yu-gang, QIN Li, LIU Yun, WANG Li-Jun. Optimization of element structure in 980 nm high-power vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser array[J]. Editorial Office of Optics and Precision Engineering, 2011,19(9): 2014-2022 DOI: 10.3788/OPE.20111909.2014.
Optimization of element structure in 980 nm high-power vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser array
The reflectivity of a Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) was optimized to improve the output characteristics of a 980 nm Vertical-cavity Surface-emitting Laser (VCSEL) array.The relationship among the reflectivity of N-DBR
threshold current
output power and wall-plug efficiency was analyzed.Then
the reflectivity of N-DBR was adjusted to achieve higher slope efficiency in a relative low threshold current and to improve the overall output characteristics of the VCSEL array.After N-DBR reflectivity optimization
the developed VCSEL array including 64 elements can offer a CW output power of 2.73 W under the injected current of 6 A and a pulse output power of 115 W under the pulse drive current of 130 A
a pulse width of 100 ns and a repetition frequency of 100 Hz. Furthermore
the VCSEL array including 300 elements can provide a CW output power of 5.26 W under the injected current of 18 A. It concludes that the performance of VCSEL array has been improved by N-DBR reflectivity optimization.
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