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SSOM, Engelberg , March 18 1 Vertical cavity lasers for applied spectroscopy Alexei Sirbu A. Mereuta, A. Caliman and E. Kapon Laboratory of Physics of nanostructures, EPFL, 1015 Lausanne V.Iakovlev, G. Suruceanu BeamExpress S.A., 1015 Lausanne

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SSOM, Engelberg, March 18

1

Ver

tical

cav

ity la

sers

for

appl

ied

spec

tros

copy

Ale

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A. M

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ta, A

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and

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2

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3

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4

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5

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12

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13

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14

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SSOM, Engelberg, March 18

15

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16

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17

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18

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19

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20

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21

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22

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24

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25

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26

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SSOM, Engelberg, March 18

27

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28

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SSOM, Engelberg, March 18

29

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SSOM, Engelberg, March 18

30

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31

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SSOM, Engelberg, March 18

32

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33

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gth,

nm

Wav

elen

gth

tuni

ngra

nge

~ 5

nm

A. M

ereu

ta e

t al.

PT

L 20

08, I

PR

M-2

008

SSOM, Engelberg, March 18

34

Out

line

�La

ser

spec

tros

copy

for

sens

ing

appl

icat

ions

:-

Fib

er-B

ragg

sen

sors

;-

Tun

able

lase

r di

ode

abso

rptio

n sp

ectr

osco

py;

-R

eson

antP

hoto

acou

sltic

gas

sens

ors;

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00-2

000

nm V

ertic

al c

avity

lase

rs w

ithfu

ndam

enta

lmod

e em

issi

onof

1-6

mW

;

�2

W d

ifrac

tion

limite

dV

ertic

al E

xter

nal

Cav

ityLa

sers

in th

e 15

00 n

m b

and.

SSOM, Engelberg, March 18

35

�V

EC

SE

L sc

hem

e

VE

CS

ELs

: circ

ular

difr

actio

nlim

edhi

ghpo

wer

out

put

M.K

uzne

tsov

, PT

L, v

ol.9

, pp.

1063

-106

5, 1

997

SSOM, Engelberg, March 18

36

1550

nm

VE

CS

EL

half-

cavi

ty

Al0.

06G

a 0.2

6In0.

68As

QW

Al0.

16G

a 0.3

8In0.

46As

bar

rier

InP

cap

Al0.

23G

a 0.2

4In0.

53As

spac

er

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er fu

sion

inte

rfac

e

35 p

airs

Al

GaA

s/G

aAs

DBR

GaA

sAl

GaA

s

GaA

s Sub

stra

te

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e re

gion

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irbu

et a

l., T

o be

pres

ente

dat

OF

C-0

9

SSOM, Engelberg, March 18

37

1550

nm

VE

CS

EL

pum

ping

sche

me

Pum

pG

ain

mirr

or

Dia

mon

d he

at

spre

ader

OC

=2

%

RoC

=15

0mm

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put

Wat

er c

oole

d co

pper

hea

t si

nk

Pel

tier

elem

ent

D1=

90 m

m

D2=

240

mm

SSOM, Engelberg, March 18

38

Out

put c

hara

cter

istic

s

05

1015

2025

30

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

T=1

0 C

T=1

5 C

T=2

0 C

T=2

5 C

T=3

0 C

T=3

5 C

T=4

0 C

T=4

5 C

T=5

0 C

T=5

5 C

T=6

0 C

T=6

5 C

T=7

0 C

T=7

5 C

Output power (mW)

Inpu

t pow

er a

t 980

nm

(W)

J. R

autic

aine

n, J

. Lyy

tikai

nen,

A. S

irbu,

A. M

ereu

ta, A

. C

alim

an, E

.Kap

on, O

.Okh

otni

cov,

Opt

ics

Exp

ress

, Dec

. 200

8

x 10

impr

ovem

entc

ompa

red

with

prev

ious

publ

ishe

dre

sults

SSOM, Engelberg, March 18

39

Spe

ctra

l cha

ract

eris

tics

1540

1550

1560

1570

1580

1590

1600

T=1

00 C T

=400 C

T=7

00 C

Intensity (10dB/div)

Wav

elen

gth

(nm

)

Wav

elen

gth

com

bes:

mul

tiple

ref

lect

ions

in

the

diam

ond

heat

-spr

eade

r

Spe

ctra

are

take

nat

10.9

W o

f 980

nm

pu

mp

pow

er.

Shi

ft w

ithte

mpe

ratu

re:

0.42

nm

/°C

SSOM, Engelberg, March 18

40

Far

-fie

ldpa

ttern

Far

fiel

dpa

ttern

dis

trib

utio

n m

easu

red

with

a py

roca

mer

a

SSOM, Engelberg, March 18

41

Sum

mar

y�

Em

ergi

ng s

pect

rosc

opy

deve

lopm

ents

in fi

ber-

brag

gse

nsor

s, tu

nabl

e la

ser

diod

e sp

ectr

osco

py, a

nd p

hoto

-ac

oust

ic s

enso

rs r

equi

re la

ser

sour

ces

with

pre

scrib

ed

wav

elen

gths

, con

tinuo

us tu

ning

, nar

row

line

wid

than

d hi

gh o

utpu

t pow

er in

the

1500

nm

200

0 nm

1500

nm

-200

0 nm

sta

te o

f the

art

waf

er fu

sed

VC

SE

Lsde

mon

stra

te fu

ndam

enta

l mod

e ou

tput

of 6

+mW

, ex

celle

nt o

n-w

afer

wav

elen

gth

cont

rol i

n th

e 50

nm

ba

nd, n

arro

w li

new

idth

of b

elow

5 M

Hz

and

cont

inuo

us

wav

elen

gth

tuni

ng o

f up

to 1

5 nm

. Firs

t gas

sen

sing

ex

perim

ents

hav

e be

en s

ucce

ssfu

lly p

erfo

rmed

.�

Hig

h po

wer

of 2

W+

diffr

actio

n lim

ited

VE

CS

ELs

in th

e 15

50 b

and

are

dem

onst

rate

d fo

r th

e fir

st ti

me.

A

pplic

atio

n in

Ph.

App

licat

ion

in a

cous

tic s

ensi

ng to

be

eval

uate

d.

SSOM, Engelberg, March 18

42

Tha

nk y

ou fo

r yo

ur

atte

ntio

n