Vertical cavity surface emitting laser with nematic and chiral liquid crystals overlay

Y. Xie; J. Beeckman; W. Woestenborghs; K. Panajotov; K. Neyts

doi:10.1117/12.1000246

13 March 2013 Vertical cavity surface emitting laser with nematic and chiral liquid crystals overlay

Y. Xie, J. Beeckman, W. Woestenborghs, K. Panajotov, K. Neyts

Proceedings Volume 8639, Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers XVII; 86390E (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.1000246
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2013, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

A technological platform for a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) with tunable polarization is presented. It is realized by integrating an 850nm VCSEL chip in a liquid crystal (LC) cell that uses photo-alignment (PA) to orient the LC. Two kinds of LC are filled in and form a thin layer over the emitter of the VCSEL: nematic LC or chiral nematic LC (cLC). The VCSEL and the nematic LC layer can be electrically driven with separate electrodes. The polarization state of the laser emission can be controlled by applying an appropriate voltage over the nematic LC layer. The chiral nematic LC has a reflection band that contains the VCSEL emission wavelength, so that one circular polarized mode of the laser emission is reflected as a feedback into the VCSEL. We found that the emission from the VCSEL with cLC overlay is circularly polarized.

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Y. Xie, J. Beeckman, W. Woestenborghs, K. Panajotov, and K. Neyts "Vertical cavity surface emitting laser with nematic and chiral liquid crystals overlay", Proc. SPIE 8639, Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers XVII, 86390E (13 March 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.1000246

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