CN112310803B - VCSEL-based pumping light source and preparation method - Google Patents

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CN112310803B
CN112310803B CN202011204352.0A CN202011204352A CN112310803B CN 112310803 B CN112310803 B CN 112310803B CN 202011204352 A CN202011204352 A CN 202011204352A CN 112310803 B CN112310803 B CN 112310803B
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The invention discloses a VCSEL-based pumping light source and a preparation method thereof, wherein the preparation method comprises the following steps: the two-dimensional VCSEL array chip comprises a two-dimensional VCSEL array chip, a substrate layer and an optical coupling system; the two-dimensional VCSEL array chip is arranged at the bottom of the substrate layer; a plurality of grooves are etched in the top of the substrate layer along the laser emitting direction, and a first material is filled in the grooves to form a filling layer; the refractive index of the first material is higher than that of the substrate material, and the absorption rate of the emitted laser light of the VCSEL is lower than that of the substrate material; the top of the substrate layer is connected with an optical coupling system, and the optical coupling system focuses the emergent laser of the two-dimensional VCSEL array chip into a fiber laser or a solid laser pumped by a semiconductor laser. According to the invention, the groove is etched in the substrate layer, and the material which has a refractive index higher than that of the substrate material and has a lower absorption rate to laser emitted from the VCSEL than that of the substrate material is filled in the groove, so that the loss of the VCSEL as a pumping source can be reduced.

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VCSEL-based pumping light source and preparation method
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of semiconductor laser pumping, in particular to a VCSEL-based pumping light source and a preparation method thereof.
Background
The fiber laser has the advantages of good beam quality, high efficiency, good heat dissipation characteristic, high reliability and the like, and is widely applied to the fields of laser fiber communication, laser space long-distance communication, industrial manufacturing, laser engraving, laser cutting, metal and nonmetal drilling/cutting/welding, military and national defense, medical equipment, large-scale infrastructure and the like.
The solid laser of the semiconductor laser pump has the characteristics of small volume, convenient use and large output power, and is commonly used in the aspects of distance measurement, tracking, punching, cutting and welding, semiconductor material annealing, atmospheric detection, spectral research, plasma diagnosis, pulse holography, laser nuclear fusion and the like.
Solid lasers pumped by fiber lasers and semiconductor lasers commonly use edge emitting lasers as pumping sources. Compared with a side-emitting semiconductor laser, a Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) has the advantages of small volume, circular light spot, low threshold current, single longitudinal mode output, high coupling efficiency and the like, and is more suitable to be used as a pumping source; however, the conventional vertical cavity surface emitting laser has problems such as loss correction.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above problems in the prior art, the present invention provides a VCSEL-based pump light source and a fabrication method thereof.
The invention discloses a VCSEL-based pumping light source, which comprises: the two-dimensional VCSEL array chip comprises a two-dimensional VCSEL array chip, a substrate layer and an optical coupling system;
the two-dimensional VCSEL array chip is arranged at the bottom of the substrate layer;
a plurality of grooves are etched in the top of the substrate layer along the laser emitting direction, and a first material is filled in the grooves to form a filling layer; the refractive index of the first material is higher than that of the substrate material, and the laser absorption rate of the first material for VCSEL emission is lower than that of the substrate material;
the top of the substrate layer is connected with the optical coupling system, and the optical coupling system focuses the emergent laser of the two-dimensional VCSEL array chip into a fiber laser or a semiconductor laser pumped solid laser.
As a further improvement of the invention, the bottom of the two-dimensional VCSEL array chip is welded with a heat sink.
As a further improvement of the present invention, the light emitting unit of the two-dimensional VCSEL array chip is in a bottom emission type.
As a further improvement of the present invention, the position of the groove corresponds to the position of the light emitting unit of the two-dimensional VCSEL array chip.
As a further improvement of the invention, the etching depth of the groove is more than 1 micron and does not exceed the thickness of the substrate layer.
As a further development of the invention, the refractive index n of the filling material2The refractive index n of the substrate layer1The numerical aperture NA of the laser emitted by the VCSEL chip on the bottom interface of the filling material meets the following relation:
Figure BDA0002756517900000021
as a further improvement of the present invention, the optical coupling system includes one of a focusing lens and a fiber coupler.
The invention also discloses a preparation method of the pumping light source, which comprises the following steps:
arranging a two-dimensional VCSEL array chip at the bottom of a substrate layer;
etching a plurality of grooves on the top of the substrate layer along the laser emergent direction;
filling a first material in the groove to form a filler layer; the refractive index of the first material is higher than that of the substrate material, and the laser absorption rate of the first material for VCSEL emission is lower than that of the substrate material;
and connecting an optical coupling system on the top of the substrate layer, and welding a heat sink on the bottom of the two-dimensional VCSEL array chip.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
according to the invention, the groove is etched in the substrate layer, and the material which has a refractive index higher than that of the substrate material and has a lower absorption rate to laser emitted from the VCSEL than that of the substrate material is filled in the groove, so that the loss of the VCSEL as a pumping source can be reduced.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a VCSEL-based pumping light source according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a method for manufacturing a VCSEL-based pump light source according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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1. a two-dimensional VCSEL array chip; 2. a substrate layer; 3. a trench; 4. a filling layer; 5. an optical coupling system; 6. a heat sink.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without any inventive step based on the embodiments of the present invention, are within the scope of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1, the present invention provides a VCSEL-based pumping light source, including: the two-dimensional VCSEL array chip comprises a two-dimensional VCSEL array chip 1, a substrate layer 2, an optical coupling system 5 and a heat sink 6; wherein,
the light emitting unit of the VCSEL is in a bottom emission mode, namely a two-dimensional VCSEL array chip 1 is arranged at the bottom of a substrate layer 2, and a heat sink 6 is welded at the bottom of the two-dimensional VCSEL array chip 1.
According to the invention, a plurality of grooves 3 are etched on the top of a substrate layer 2 along the laser emitting direction, and a first material is filled in the grooves 3 to form a packing layer 4; wherein the first material of the filler layer 4 has a higher refractive index than the substrate material and a lower absorption rate for the VCSEL emission laser than the substrate material. Further, the position of the trench 3 corresponds to the position of the light emitting unit of the two-dimensional VCSEL array chip 1; preferably, the trenches 3 are etched to a depth greater than 1 micron and not exceeding the thickness of the substrate layer 2. Furthermore, the substrate layer 2 is made of GaAs, GaN or InP, etc., and has a thickness of 400-600 μm.
The top of the substrate layer 2 is connected with an optical coupling system 4, and the optical coupling system 4 comprises one of a focusing lens and a fiber coupler. The optical coupling system 4 focuses the emitted laser of the two-dimensional VCSEL array chip 1 into a fiber laser or a semiconductor laser pumped solid state laser.
Refractive index n of the inventive filling material2Substrate layer refractive index n1The numerical aperture NA of the laser emitted by the VCSEL chip on the bottom interface of the filling material meets the following relation:
Figure BDA0002756517900000031
as shown in fig. 2, the present invention provides a method for preparing the pump light source, including:
step 1, arranging a two-dimensional VCSEL array chip 1 at the bottom of a substrate layer 2;
step 2, etching a plurality of grooves 3 on the top of the substrate layer 2 along the laser emitting direction;
step 3, filling a first material into the groove 3 to form a filler layer 4; the refractive index of the first material is higher than that of the substrate material, and the absorption rate of the emitted laser light of the VCSEL is lower than that of the substrate material;
and 4, connecting an optical coupling system 5 on the top of the substrate layer 3, and welding a heat sink 6 on the bottom of the two-dimensional VCSEL array chip 1.
The invention has the advantages that:
according to the invention, the groove is etched in the substrate layer, and the material which has a refractive index higher than that of the substrate material and has a lower absorption rate to laser emitted from the VCSEL than that of the substrate material is filled in the groove, so that the loss of the VCSEL as a pumping source can be reduced.
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Example 1
The invention provides a structure of a GaAs substrate layer with a specific groove and a preparation method thereof, which specifically comprise the following steps:
cleaning and dehydrating a GaAs substrate with the thickness of 350 mu m, and performing film forming treatment by using HMDS; coating a liquid phase photoresist material by adopting a spin coating method; soft baking at 90-100 ℃, and then cooling on a cold plate; aligning a mask plate with a structure corresponding to the VCSEL light-emitting unit in position with the GaAs substrate, and carrying out deep ultraviolet exposure; baking on a hot plate at 100-110 ℃; rotationally spraying a developing solution on the photoresist to dissolve a region where the photoresist is soluble; baking at 120-140 deg.c to volatilize residual photoresist solution; removing the GaAs material with the depth of 345 μm at the position corresponding to the VCSEL light-emitting unit by using a dry etching technology;
putting the GaAs substrate with the groove obtained in the step into a temperature of 300-600 ℃, using nitrogen with the purity of 99% as a carrier gas and oxygen and water vapor as catalysts, sending TTIP heated to 100 ℃ by oil bath into a reaction chamber in a bubbling mode, and depositing TiO2Filling and covering the groove; carrying out polishing treatment;
packing the obtained material with TiO2Is bonded on the VCSEL chip, and is filled with TiO2The grooves of (a) all correspond to the corresponding single VCSEL light emitting unit; welding a heat sink to the bottom of the VCSEL chip; and a focusing lens is connected behind the GaAs substrate layer to focus laser emitted by the VCSEL chip so that the laser can be converged on working substances of a solid laser pumped by the semiconductor laser.
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The invention provides a structure of a GaAs substrate layer with a specific groove and a preparation method thereof, which specifically comprise the following steps:
cleaning and dehydrating a GaAs substrate with the thickness of 350 mu m, and performing film forming treatment by using HMDS; coating a liquid phase photoresist material by adopting a spin coating method; soft baking at 90-100 ℃, and then cooling on a cold plate; aligning a mask plate with a structure corresponding to the VCSEL light-emitting unit in position with the GaAs substrate, and carrying out deep ultraviolet exposure; baking on a hot plate at 100-110 ℃; rotationally spraying a developing solution on the photoresist to dissolve a region where the photoresist is soluble; baking at 120-140 deg.c to volatilize residual photoresist solution; removing the GaAs material with the depth of 345 μm at the position corresponding to the VCSEL light-emitting unit by using a dry etching technology;
putting the GaAs substrate with the groove obtained in the step into a temperature of 300-600 ℃, using nitrogen with the purity of 99% as a carrier gas and oxygen and water vapor as catalysts, sending TTIP heated to 100 ℃ by oil bath into a reaction chamber in a bubbling mode, and depositing TiO2Filling and covering the groove; carrying out polishing treatment;
filling the obtained mixture with TiO2Is bonded on the VCSEL chip, and is filled with TiO2The grooves of (a) all correspond to the corresponding single VCSEL light emitting unit; welding a heat sink to the bottom of the VCSEL chip; and the back of the GaAs substrate layer is connected with an optical fiber coupler, and laser emitted by the VCSEL chip is focused and can be coupled into a double-cladding special optical fiber working substance of the high-power optical fiber laser.
The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes will occur to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. A VCSEL-based pump light source, comprising: the two-dimensional VCSEL array chip comprises a two-dimensional VCSEL array chip, a substrate layer and an optical coupling system;
the light emitting unit of the two-dimensional VCSEL array chip is in a bottom emission mode, and the two-dimensional VCSEL array chip is arranged at the bottom of the substrate layer;
a plurality of grooves are etched in the top of the substrate layer along the laser emitting direction, and a first material is filled in the grooves to form a filling layer; the etching depth of the groove is smaller than the thickness of the substrate layer, the refractive index of the first material is higher than that of the substrate material, and the absorption rate of the first material to VCSEL emergent laser is lower than that of the substrate material; the position of the groove corresponds to the position of the light emitting unit of the two-dimensional VCSEL array chip, and the refractive index of the filling materialn 2 The refractive index of the substrate layern 1 Numerical aperture of laser emitted by the VCSEL chip at the bottom interface of the filling materialNAThe following relationship is satisfied:
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the top of the substrate layer is connected with the optical coupling system, and the optical coupling system focuses the emergent laser of the two-dimensional VCSEL array chip into a fiber laser or a semiconductor laser pumped solid laser;
and a heat sink is welded at the bottom of the two-dimensional VCSEL array chip.
2. The pump light source of claim 1, wherein the trench is etched to a depth greater than 1 micron.
3. The pump light source of claim 1, wherein the optical coupling system comprises one of a focusing lens and a fiber coupler.
4. The method for preparing the pumping light source according to any one of claims 1 to 3, comprising:
arranging a two-dimensional VCSEL array chip at the bottom of a substrate layer;
etching a plurality of grooves on the top of the substrate layer along the laser emergent direction;
filling a first material in the groove to form a filler layer; the refractive index of the first material is higher than that of the substrate material, and the laser absorption rate of the first material for VCSEL emission is lower than that of the substrate material;
and connecting an optical coupling system on the top of the substrate layer, and welding a heat sink on the bottom of the two-dimensional VCSEL array chip.
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