Array Mode Characteristics of Channeled-Substrate-Planar Phase Laser Arrays

CSP 레이저 어레이의 결합모드 특성

The lasing wavelengths and gain characteristics of the array modes of channel-substrate planar(CSP) lasers are presented. The gain values of array modes are determined from the complex coupling coefficients calculated using the fields of neighborig elements of the array. The computations show that for index guided lasers which have fields that are almost real valued, or have only slight phase curvature, the highest order array mode will have preferred oscillation. The inphase or fundamental mode, which produces only one major lobe in the far-field radiation pattern, will have the lowest modal gain of all array modes. Some of the devices discussed have modal gain differences of less than 10 cm**-1 between the highest and fundamental modes. For optical field confinement factors of about 20%, this gain difference corresponds to avtive layer gains of approximately 50**-1.