Analysis of spatial emission structures in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with feedback from a volume Bragg grating

Y. Noblet*, T. Ackemann

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    Abstract

    We investigate the spatial and spectral properties of broad-area vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with frequency-selective feedback by a volume Bragg grating. We demonstrate wavelength locking similar to the case of edge emitters but the spatial mode selection is different from the latter. On-axis spatial solitons obtained at threshold give way to off-axis extended lasing states beyond threshold. The investigations focus on a self-imaging external cavity. We analyze how deviations from the self-imaging condition affect the pattern formation and a certain robustness of the phenomena is demonstrated.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number053812
    Pages (from-to)1-8
    Number of pages8
    JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
    Volume85
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 10 May 2012

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