II-VI index-guided lasers for optical recording

Kevin W. Haberern; P. F. Baude; Sharon J. Flamholtz; Maarten Buijs; J. J. L. Horikx; Kwok Keung Law; Michael A. Haase; Thomas J. Miller; Greg Meis Haugen

doi:10.1117/12.273777

2 May 1997 II-VI index-guided lasers for optical recording

Kevin W. Haberern, P. F. Baude, Sharon J. Flamholtz, Maarten Buijs, J. J. L. Horikx, Kwok Keung Law, Michael A. Haase, Thomas J. Miller, Greg Meis Haugen

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Proceedings Volume 3001, In-Plane Semiconductor Lasers: from Ultraviolet to Midinfrared; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.273777
Event: Photonics West '97, 1997, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We have demonstrated the feasibility of reading a high density Digital Versatile Disc using a green ZnSe based laser as the light source. In order to achieve this, high quality optical and electrical properties are required from the laser. We fabricated index-guided lasers to produce a single mode gausian optical beam having 7 micrometers of astigmatism. Operating electrical and optical parameters were measured and compare well with currently available semiconductor lasers for optical storage systems. The read- out experiment shows the favorable noise characteristics of ZnSe based lasers.

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Kevin W. Haberern, P. F. Baude, Sharon J. Flamholtz, Maarten Buijs, J. J. L. Horikx, Kwok Keung Law, Michael A. Haase, Thomas J. Miller, and Greg Meis Haugen "II-VI index-guided lasers for optical recording", Proc. SPIE 3001, In-Plane Semiconductor Lasers: from Ultraviolet to Midinfrared, (2 May 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.273777

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