학술논문

Coherence of VCSEL's for holographic interconnects
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE. 7(5):449-451 May, 1995
Subject
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Photonics and Electrooptics
Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers
Holography
Optical arrays
Surface emitting lasers
Optical pulses
Optical computing
Coherence
Wavelength measurement
Mirrors
Optical interferometry
Language
ISSN
1041-1135
1941-0174
Abstract
Temporal and spatial coherence measurements were conducted on the emission from AlGaAs-GaAs vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSEL's). Results of both CW and pulsed conditions from devices of 8- and 15-μm diameter are reported. Coherence length of 0.6 mm for multi-mode and /spl sim/75 cm for single-mode were obtained. Thermal chirp reduces the single-mode coherence to 16 mm for 5 ns pulses. For holograms smaller than 0.6 mm in size the density of information that can be read by the VCSEL's is diffraction-limited by the size of the holographic element.