Spatial filtering in edge-emitting lasers by intracavity chirped photonic crystals
- 8 September 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America B
- Vol. 37 (10), 2856-2864
- https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.397005
Abstract
In this work, we report an experimental and numerical study of the intracavity spatial filtering in edge-emitting lasers using a chirped photonic crystal (PhC) as the filtering element in the near-field domain. We provide a comprehensive analysis of the near-field PhC filtering scheme and compare it to conventional spatial filtering using a variable width slit in the far-field domain. Using a two-dimensional chirped PhC as a spatial filter, we experimentally demonstrate a brightness enhancement by a factor of 1.3, considering an edge-emitting laser with a 1.5 mm cavity length, consistent with a numerical prediction of brightness enhanced by a factor of 1.7. The experimental results are theoretically confirmed by numerical integration of a spatio-temporal model of the edge-emitting laser. Furthermore, numerical results show that brightness can be further increased over a factor of 2, applying optimized spatial-filtering elements at both the front and rear facets of the lasers. (C) 2020 Optical Society of AmericaKeywords
Funding Information
- Eurostars (E-10524 HIP-Lasers)
- Research Council of Lithuania (09.3.3-LMT-K712-17-0016, S-MIP-17-109)
- Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (PID2019-109175GB-C21)
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