WO2007029538A1 - 2次元フォトニック結晶面発光レーザ光源 - Google Patents
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- Two-dimensional photonic crystal surface emitting laser light source Two-dimensional photonic crystal surface emitting laser light source
- the present invention relates to a surface emitting laser light source that emits laser light in a direction perpendicular to a surface from a planar light source.
- a Fabry-Perot type laser light source using a Fabry-Perot resonator and a distributed feedback (DFB) type laser light source using a diffraction grating have been used.
- Each of these laser light sources oscillates laser light by amplifying light of a predetermined wavelength by resonance or diffraction.
- a photonic crystal is a material in which a periodic structure is artificially formed on a dielectric matrix.
- the periodic structure is formed by periodically providing a region having a refractive index different from that of the base material (a different refractive index region) in the base material.
- This periodic structure causes Bragg diffraction in the crystal and amplifies light of a predetermined wavelength to obtain laser oscillation.
- Patent Document 1 describes a two-dimensional photonic crystal surface emitting laser light source in which an active layer containing a light emitting material is provided between two electrodes and a two-dimensional photonic crystal is provided in the vicinity of the active layer.
- a conventional two-dimensional photonic crystal surface emitting laser light source will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
- An active layer 12 is provided on the lower cladding layer (substrate) 11 via a spacer layer 161, and a two-dimensional photonic crystal 13 is provided on the active layer 12 via a spacer layer 162.
- the active layer 12 is made of a material that emits light by current injection.
- An example of such a material is multiple-quantum well (MQW) made of indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) Z gallium arsenide (GaAs).
- MQW multiple-quantum well
- the two-dimensional photonic crystal 13 is a plate material in which cylindrical holes 14 are periodically arranged in a square lattice shape.
- a spacer layer 163, an upper cladding layer 17, and a contact layer 18 are laminated in this order.
- An upper electrode 191 is provided on the contact layer 18, and a lower electrode 192 is provided below the lower cladding layer 11.
- the lower electrode 192 is formed on the entire lower surface of the lower cladding layer 11, whereas the upper electrode 191 is formed only near the center of the upper surface of the contact layer 18.
- FIG. 1 in order to show the structure of the two-dimensional photonic crystal 13, it is drawn with a space between the two-dimensional photonic crystal 13 and the spacer layer 163. Yes.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-332351 ([0037] to [0056], FIG. 1)
- the problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a two-dimensional photonic crystal surface emitting laser light source capable of forming a beam without accompanying side lobes.
- a two-dimensional photonic crystal surface emitting laser light source according to the present invention which has been made to solve the above problems,
- a substrate made of a material having translucency for a target wavelength
- a window-like electrode provided on the upper surface of the substrate, the window-like electrode having a window through which the laser beam having the target wavelength passes;
- D a mounting surface electrode provided on the lower surface of the mounting layer and having a smaller area than the window electrode including the window;
- the active layer side is expressed as the “lower” side with reference to the substrate for the purpose of showing the positional relationship of each component, but this is merely for the sake of convenience to show one directionality. It is a notation and does not prescribe anything about the mounting direction of the two-dimensional photonic crystal surface emitting laser light source of the present invention.
- This light source is the same as the conventional two-dimensional photonic crystal surface emitting laser light source in that an active layer and a two-dimensional photonic crystal are provided on one side of the substrate, and a pair of electrodes is provided above and below it. It is. The stacking order of the active layer and the two-dimensional photonic crystal is not important.
- a laminate of an active layer and a two-dimensional photonic crystal is also referred to as a laser oscillation unit as appropriate.
- a mounting layer is provided below the laser oscillation unit. Therefore, this light source has a laser oscillation part (two-dimensional photonic crystal and active layer) interposed between the substrate and the mounting layer. A member such as a spacer may be inserted between these layers (including between the two-dimensional photonic crystal and the active layer).
- the laser beam also emits the upper surface side force of the substrate (in the present application, when simply referred to as “substrate”, indicates the substrate of the laser light source).
- a light-transmitting material that can transmit light having a target wavelength, that is, laser light extracted outside, is used for the substrate.
- the upper surface of the substrate Called the “face”.
- the active layer and the two-dimensional photonic crystal can be the same as the conventional one.
- a two-dimensional photonic crystal is formed by periodically arranging a number of different refractive index regions having different refractive indexes in a plate-like base material.
- the different refractive index region can also be formed by embedding a member having a refractive index different from that of the base material.
- the formation of the hole by forming a hole in the base material is a refraction with the base material. This is desirable because it allows a large difference in rate and is easy to manufacture.
- the holes may be deformed by the high temperature. In such a case, it is advisable to form a different refractive index region by embedding some member in the base material that is not a hole.
- the mounting layer is a layer for attaching this laser light source to an external substrate or the like.
- the bottom surface (mounting surface) of the mounting layer serves to dissipate heat generated in the laser light source (particularly the active layer) by contacting an external substrate.
- One of the pair of electrodes is provided on the upper surface of the substrate.
- an electrode having a window through which a laser beam having a target wavelength passes is used.
- This electrode is called a “window electrode”.
- a window electrode for example, a plate-like electrode in which a central portion is cut out can be used.
- the electrode material may not transmit the oscillated laser beam. Therefore, as this electrode material, a material suitable for charge injection that has been used for an electrode of a conventional two-dimensional photonic crystal surface emitting laser light source can be used as it is.
- the other electrode is provided on the lower surface of the mounting layer.
- This electrode is referred to as a “mounting surface electrode”.
- the area of the mounting surface electrode should be smaller than the area of the window electrode including the window.
- the distance between the mounting surface electrode (mounting surface) and the active layer is made smaller than the distance between the window electrode (light emitting surface) and the active layer.
- the area of the mounting surface electrode and the distance between each electrode and the active layer are set as described above will be described.
- side lobes can be prevented by using window electrodes.
- the area of the window electrode including the window is larger than that of a normal electrode without a window. It is distributed and the luminous efficiency becomes low. Therefore, the window-like electrode including the window area of the mounting surface electrode Smaller than the area of.
- the current flows through a conical region that spreads from the mounting surface electrode toward the window electrode.
- the distance between the window-shaped electrode and the active layer and the distance between the active layer and the mounting surface electrode are determined as described above, and the active layer is disposed closer to the mounting surface electrode having a smaller area.
- the current density in the active layer can be increased. As a result, the emission intensity can be increased.
- the area of the window electrode including the window portion and the mounting It is desirable that the area ratio of the surface electrode is 2: 1 to 400: 1 and that the ratio of the exit surface force to the active layer and the mounting surface force to the active layer is 2: 1 to 400: 1. .
- the substrate side is used as the mounting surface.
- the active layer is separated from the mounting surface. It was.
- the light emission efficiency (ratio of light emission intensity to injection current) of the laser light in which the heat generated by the recombination of holes and electrons is hardly released to the outside, was low.
- the active layer is provided near the mounting surface (the lower surface of the mounting layer), so that the heat of the active layer is dissipated to the outside. And the luminous efficiency can be increased as compared with the prior art.
- the mounting layer is made of a conductive material, and an insulating region is formed around a partial region (conductive region) on the lower surface thereof.
- the mounting surface electrode may be disposed so as to cover the conductive region, and may be made of a material that reflects a laser beam having a target wavelength.
- the region that contributes to the current injection into the active layer in the mounting surface electrode that is, the region that functions as the mounting surface electrode is only directly under the conductive region.
- the insulating region can be formed by implanting ions for increasing electrical resistance into the mounting layer.
- the laser oscillation unit emits laser light in any direction.
- the light emitted to the opposite side of the emission surface cannot be emitted from the emission surface as it is, resulting in a loss.
- the lower electrode provided on the opposite side of the emission surface has a relatively large area, so that the opposite side of the laser oscillation part is used. A part of the light emitted to the light was reflected by the lower electrode, and the output surface force was extracted.
- such a lower electrode is not intended for light reflection itself, its reflection efficiency was not sufficient.
- the extraction efficiency from the window electrode side can be increased by providing the reflection part below the laser oscillation part, that is, on the opposite side of the window electrode.
- the distance between the laser oscillating unit and the reflecting unit is such that the reflected light emitted from the laser oscillating unit force and reflected by the reflecting unit and the directly emitted light emitted from the laser oscillating unit toward the window electrode are enhanced by interference. It is desirable to set. This distance can be set by adjusting the thickness of a distance adjustment layer such as a buffer layer or a clad layer provided between the laser oscillation part and the reflection part.
- a distance adjustment layer such as a buffer layer or a clad layer provided between the laser oscillation part and the reflection part.
- This distance is defined as the distance between the reflecting part side surface of the two-dimensional photonic crystal and the reflecting surface of the reflecting part.
- the laser beam emitted from the laser oscillation unit is also taken out from the window electrode side force having a window on the opposite side of the mounting layer. It is not blocked by the electrodes. For this reason, it prevents light emitted from both sides of the electrode from interfering with each other by blocking with an electrode like a conventional two-dimensional photonic crystal surface emitting laser light source, thereby preventing unnecessary side lobes from being formed. Can do.
- the active layer extends from the mounting surface. Is shorter than the distance to the active layer, the heat generated from the active layer due to the recombination of holes and electrons is easily released to the outside, and the light emission efficiency (emission intensity and The ratio of injection current) can be made higher than before.
- the reflecting portion in the two-dimensional photonic crystal surface emitting laser light source of the present invention By providing the reflecting portion in the two-dimensional photonic crystal surface emitting laser light source of the present invention, the light emitted from the laser oscillation portion to the mounting surface electrode side is reflected by the reflecting portion, and together with the directly emitted light. The exit surface force can be extracted. For this reason, it is possible to suppress the loss of laser light despite the fact that the surface area is small and the emitted light cannot be sufficiently reflected. Can be increased.
- the intensity of the laser light can be further increased.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a conventional two-dimensional photonic crystal surface emitting laser light source.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the cause of side lobes.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of a two-dimensional photonic crystal surface emitting laser light source according to the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a two-dimensional photonic crystal in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the operation of the laser light source of the first embodiment.
- FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a mounting state of the laser light source of the first embodiment.
- FIG. 7 is a graph of injection current I-light output L characteristics in the laser light source of the first embodiment.
- FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a second embodiment of a two-dimensional photonic crystal surface emitting laser light source according to the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a two-dimensional photonic crystal in a second embodiment.
- FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of the amplitude and intensity of laser light in the second embodiment and an example in which there is no reflecting portion.
- FIG. 11 is a graph showing the result of calculating the Q value of the surface emitting laser of the second embodiment and an example having no reflecting portion.
- FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a two-dimensional photonic crystal in a third embodiment.
- FIG. 14 is a schematic view of a longitudinal section of a two-dimensional photonic crystal according to a third embodiment.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the laser light source of the first embodiment.
- An indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) Z gallium arsenide (GaAs) multi-quantum well (underlying) is sandwiched between an n-type semiconductor gallium arsenide (GaAs) substrate substrate 31 and a cladding layer 341 and a spacer 39.
- An active layer 32 having a multiple-quantum well (MQW) is provided.
- a two-dimensional photonic crystal 33 is provided under the active layer 32.
- the two-dimensional photonic crystal 33 used in the first embodiment is a plate-like base material 331 made of p-type GaAs force and cylindrical holes 332 arranged periodically in a square lattice pattern (Fig. 4). ), The length of one side of the square lattice is 285nm.
- a mounting layer 35 is provided under the two-dimensional photonic crystal 33 via a cladding layer 342. The lower surface of the mounting layer 35 becomes the mounting surface 38.
- the mounting layer 35 is formed by forming an insulating film (for example, SiO 2) on the mounting surface 38 side of a plate material made of GaAs.
- the upper surface (outgoing surface) of the element substrate 31 has a square-shaped window 361 in the center, and gold.germanium.
- 'A window-like electrode 36 formed of a square-shaped member made of a nickel alloy is provided.
- a mounting surface electrode 37 formed of a regular rectangular plate-like member having a gold / zinc alloy force is provided on the mounting surface 38.
- the mounting surface electrode 37 is drawn away from the mounting surface 38 for the sake of clarity in the figure, but in actuality, it is in close contact with the mounting surface 38.
- no reflecting part is provided in the laser light source of the first embodiment.
- Main dimensions of each component in the laser light source of the first embodiment are as follows.
- the length of one side of the window-shaped electrode 36 is 400 / ⁇ ⁇ , and the length of one side of the window 361 is 300 / zm.
- the length of one side of the mounting surface electrode 37 is 50 / zm.
- the distance between the upper surface of the element substrate 31 and the active layer 32 is about 80 m (the thickness of the element substrate 31 is about 80 ⁇ m, and the total thickness of the cladding layer 341 and the spacer 39 is about 1 ⁇ m.
- the distance between the active layer 32 and the mounting surface 38 is about 1 m (the thickness of the two-dimensional photonic crystal is 0.12 m, and the combined thickness of the cladding layer 342 and the mounting layer 35 is about 1 / zm).
- each component is drawn with a dimensional ratio different from that of an actual element in order to clearly show each component.
- a voltage is applied between the window-shaped electrode 36 and the mounting surface electrode 37 to pass a current between the electrodes. Electrons and holes introduced into the device by this current are recombined in the active layer 32 to emit light.
- the area of the window electrode 36 is larger than the area of the mounting surface electrode 37, the current spreads on the mounting surface electrode 37 according to the direction force on the mounting surface electrode 37 as shown in FIG. So as to flow in the region 401.
- the region 401 is narrowed to a narrower range at the position of the active layer 32 near the mounting surface electrode 37 than at the position near the window-like electrode 36, so that the current density in the active layer 32 can be increased.
- the laser beam is emitted from the surrounding force of the electrode, and unnecessary side lobes are formed in the beam due to interference. Does not occur.
- the element is mounted with the mounting surface 38 in contact with the member 30 outside the element.
- the distance between the active layer 32 and the mounting surface 38 can be made sufficiently small. For this reason, the laser light source of this embodiment can prevent the adverse effects of heat that has a high heat dissipation effect from inside the element. And high luminous efficiency.
- FIG. 7 shows a graph of the I-L characteristic representing the relationship between the injection current 1 (unit: mA) and the optical output L (unit: W) obtained by experiments in the laser light source of the first embodiment.
- the laser light source of the present embodiment a higher light output than a conventional two-dimensional photonic crystal laser light source of 15 mW or more can be obtained. Such light output is considered to have been obtained due to increased heat dissipation due to junction-down mounting.
- Second embodiment two-dimensional photonic crystal surface emitting laser light source having a reflecting portion
- FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the surface emitting laser according to the second embodiment. It is made of InGaAs / GaAs with an n-type semiconductor gallium arsenide (GaAs) 41 and an n-type aluminum gallium arsenide (A aAs) clad layer 441 and spacer 49 sandwiched between them. An active layer 42 having a multiple-quantum well (MQW) is provided. Then, a two-dimensional photonic crystal 43 is provided under the active layer 42.
- MQW multiple-quantum well
- the two-dimensional photonic crystal 43 includes a plate-like base material 431 made of p-type GaAs and equilateral triangular holes 432 arranged periodically in a square lattice (FIG. 9).
- the active layer 42 and the two-dimensional photonic crystal 43 constitute a laser oscillation unit.
- the positions of the active layer 42 and the two-dimensional photonic crystal 43 may be interchanged with each other! /.
- the laser oscillation part (the active layer 42 and the two-dimensional photonic crystal 43) is formed by making the shape of the holes asymmetric with respect to at least one axis of the square lattice.
- the force can also suppress the interference of the emitted laser light, and the generation of side lobes can be further suppressed.
- a two-dimensional photonic crystal 43 having equilateral triangular holes can also be used.
- the two-dimensional photonic crystal 33 having the above-described cylindrical holes may be used!
- a reflecting portion 45 is provided via a clad layer 442 made of p-type AlGaAs.
- a GaAs / AlGaAs multilayer film can be used for the reflecting portion 45.
- a reflecting surface for reflecting the laser light emitted from the surface emitting laser according to the second embodiment is formed.
- a square-shaped window 461 is provided in the center.
- a window-like electrode 46 formed by the above method is provided.
- a mounting surface electrode 47 having a square plate shape and a smaller area than the window electrode 46 is provided on the lower surface of the reflecting portion 45. In FIG. 8, the mounting surface electrode 47 is drawn away from the reflecting portion 45 for the sake of clarity in the drawing, but is actually in close contact with the reflecting portion 45.
- the element substrate 41 has a distance L between the lower surface of the two-dimensional photonic crystal 43 and the upper surface of the reflector 45 that is sufficiently smaller than the distance between the lower surface of the two-dimensional photonic crystal 43 and the upper surface of the element substrate 41.
- the thickness of the cladding layers 441 and 442 is adjusted. In the surface emitting laser of the second embodiment, the distance L is about 1.2 m, and the distance is about 80 m.
- the light from which the top surface force of the two-dimensional photonic crystal 43 is emitted and the bottom force of the two-dimensional photonic crystal 43 are also emitted and reflected by the reflector. Fine tune the distance L so that the light reflected at 45 is intensified by interference.
- FIG. 8 in order to clearly show each component, each component is drawn with a dimensional ratio different from that of an actual element.
- a voltage is applied between the window electrode 46 and the mounting surface electrode 47 to pass a current between the electrodes. Electrons and holes introduced into the device by this current recombine in the active layer 42 to emit light. Of the light emitted from the active layer 42, light of a specific wavelength is strengthened by interference in the two-dimensional photonic crystal 43, and laser oscillation occurs.
- the laser light thus obtained, about 50% of the intensity ratio is directed to the window electrode 46 side as direct emission light, and the remaining about 50% is directed to the reflector 45, respectively.
- the laser beam directed toward the reflecting portion 45 is reflected on the upper surface of the reflecting portion 45 and propagates by force toward the window electrode 46 side.
- the reflected light and the directly emitted light interfere on the upper side of the two-dimensional photonic crystal 43. This interference acts to increase the intensity of the laser beam by finely adjusting the distance L as described above.
- the interference light thus obtained is emitted from the window 461 of the window electrode 46.
- FIG. 10 (a) shows an example without a reflecting part
- FIG. 10 (b) shows the second embodiment.
- the laser beam 51 is emitted from the upper surface of the two-dimensional photonic crystal 43 and the laser beam 52 is emitted from the upper surface with the same amplitude A. From the window 461, only the laser beam 51 having an amplitude A is extracted. Its intensity (energy per unit time) P is proportional to the square of the amplitude.
- the laser beam 52 having an amplitude of A and an intensity of P cannot be extracted from the window 461, resulting in a loss. Therefore, in this example, the energy per unit time of the laser light emitted from the laser oscillation unit is 2P.
- the upper surface force of the two-dimensional photonic crystal 43 is the same as that of the laser beam (directly emitted light) 53 and the lower surface force laser beam (reflected light) 54 has no reflection part.
- the laser beam 54 is reflected by the reflecting portion 45 and propagates to the window 461 side, interferes with the laser beam 53, and this interference beam is extracted from the emission surface.
- the amplitude of the interference light is 2A, which is the sum of the amplitude of the laser light 53 and the amplitude of the laser light 54, and the intensity of the interference light is 4P because it is the square of this amplitude. Therefore, the intensity of the laser beam emitted from the emission surface in the second embodiment is four times that in the case where there is no reflecting portion.
- the energy of the laser beam emitted from the laser oscillation part of the second embodiment is 4P.
- the Q value of the surface emitting laser was calculated by the three-dimensional FDTD method by changing the value of the distance L to various values without being limited to the above-mentioned 8.5 wavelengths.
- the structure of the two-dimensional photonic crystal has an infinite periodic structure only in one direction due to the calculation capacity.
- the Q value of the surface-emitting laser is obtained by using the Q that is perpendicular to the two-dimensional photonic crystal and the Q that is parallel to the Q direction.
- Figure 11 shows the Q and Q calculation results.
- the horizontal axis in Fig. 11 represents the distance L in units of the wavelength of the laser beam. Since twice the distance L is the optical path difference between the direct light and the reflected light, the horizontal axis shows the range of one wavelength of the optical path difference.
- Q shows almost the same value regardless of the distance L. This is because there is no structural difference in the direction parallel to the two-dimensional photonic crystal between the second embodiment and the example without the reflecting portion. On the other hand, Q indicates a value depending on L due to the presence or absence of the reflecting portion 45.
- Q becomes the minimum value when the distance L is 4.25 wavelengths, and the value is the surface emission when there is no reflecting part. It becomes about 1/2 of the value with the laser. This is because the energy emitted from the laser oscillation part of the surface emitting laser of the comparative example is 2P, whereas the energy emitted from the laser oscillation part of the surface emitting laser having no reflection part with a distance L of 4.25 wavelength is 2P. This corresponds to 4P, which is twice that of when there is no reflector.
- Q is smaller than that of the comparative example, and laser light having a higher intensity can be emitted.
- Q hardly depends on the distance L, whereas Q changes periodically in units of 0.5 wavelengths due to the effects of the interference described above.
- the external differential quantum efficiency is a value in which the number of carriers injected into the active layer is the denominator and the number of photons of the laser light emitted to the outside is the numerator. The larger this value, the more efficiently the laser light with a small current. It shows that can be obtained.
- the external differential quantum efficiency 7? Is the energy emitted from the upper surface of the two-dimensional photonic crystal d
- Q is the Q value related to the energy
- Q is the Q value related to the energy emitted to the lower surface side
- Q is the Q value related to the direction parallel to the two-dimensional photonic crystal
- the Q value is related to the internal loss of the surface emitting laser.
- Q and Q are the same in the example where there is no reflector and this example, and Q is the same.
- FIG. 12 is a graph showing the relationship between r? And 7? In equation (5). In an example where there is no reflector, 2D photo
- a value smaller than 7? Indicates that in addition to laser light emission from the bottom surface of the 2D photonic crystal, there are losses in the direction parallel to the 2D photonic crystal and internal losses. Yes. When it is smaller than r? force, it exceeds 7? / ⁇ force ⁇ .
- FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the surface emitting laser according to the third embodiment.
- the same components as those of the surface emitting laser of the second embodiment described above are denoted by the same reference numerals as those of the second embodiment (FIG. 8).
- the second actual instead of the reflecting portion 45 in the embodiment, a plate member 61 having the same material force as that of the mounting surface electrode 47 is provided.
- a conductive region limiting layer 62 is provided as a mounting layer.
- Other configurations are the same as those of the surface emitting laser of the second embodiment.
- the plate member 61 and the conductive region limiting layer 62 will be described in detail with reference to the longitudinal sectional view of FIG.
- the conductive region limiting layer 62 only the region near the center is conductive near the lower surface (conductive region 621), and the surrounding region is insulative (insulating region 622).
- the area of the conductive region 621 is sufficiently smaller than the area of the window electrode 46 including the window 461.
- the plate-like member 61 is made of a material that has conductivity and reflects light of a target wavelength.
- the plate-like member 61 covers the entire conductive region 621 and a part of the insulating region 622.
- the current between the plate member 61 and the window electrode 46 flows so as to pass only through the region 611 and the conductive region 621 of the plate member 61 immediately below the conductive region 621. Therefore, only the region 611 of the plate-like member 61 functions as a mounting surface electrode. Since the area of the conductive region 621 is sufficiently smaller than the area of the window electrode 46, the current can be concentrated in a narrow region of the active layer, as in the first and second embodiments.
- the entire plate-like member 61 functions as a reflecting portion. Therefore, the configuration of the surface emitting laser can be simplified as compared with the case where a separate reflecting portion is provided.
- the area of the plate member 61 is larger than the area of the region 611 for injecting current into the active layer, it is possible to reduce the size of the member constituting the mounting surface electrode without providing a separate reflecting portion. The area that can be reflected by the components of the mounting surface electrode can be increased.
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