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Aiming at three-dimensional (3D) sensing applications such as LiDAR, high power density five-junction cascaded vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) with 905 nm wavelength are designed and fabricated. The maximum power conversion efficiency is 55.2% for an individual VCSEL emitter with 8 μm oxide aperture. And the maximum slope efficiency of the device is 5.4 W/A, which is approximately 5 times that of traditional single-junction VCSEL with the same aperture. Under the condition of narrow pulse (pulse width 5.4 ns, duty cycle 0.019%) injection, the peak output power of 19-element array (20 μm oxidation aperture for each element) reaches 58.3 W, and the corresponding power density is as high as 1.62 kW/mm2. The devices with various apertures (8–20 μm) are characterized. The results show that the maximum slope efficiencies of all these devices are greater than 5.4 W/A and the maximum PCE is higher than 54%. These high-performance VCSEL devices can be used as ideal light sources for 3D sensing applications such as LiDAR.
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Keywords:
- 905 nm vertical cavity surface emitting lasers /
- multi-junction cascade /
- high power density /
- 3-dimensional sensing
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图 1 (a) 5结级联VCSEL的结构示意图, 插图为制备得到的实际器件; (b) 驻波场中量子阱和隧道结的位置示意图
Figure 1. (a) Schematic diagram of five-junction cascade VCSEL structure, the inset is the top view of a fabricated device; (b) position diagram of quantum well and tunnel junction in standing wave.
图 2 氧化孔径8 μm的5结VCSEL与单结VCSEL在室温CW条件下的测试结果 (a) L-I曲线; (b) V-I曲线; (c) PCE-L曲线; (d) 5结VCSEL在1 mA下的光谱
Figure 2. Measured results of 5-junction VCSEL and single junction VCSEL with 8 μm oxide aperture under CW condition at room temperature: (a) L-I curves; (b) V-I curves; (c) PCE-L curves; (d) spectrum of 5-junction VCSEL measured at 1 mA.
图 3 单结VCSEL和5结VCSEL器件的基模光谱随耗散功率的变化关系
Figure 3. Variation of fundamental mode spectra of single junction VCSEL and 5-junction VCSEL devices with dissipated power.
图 4 氧化孔径8 μm的5结VCSEL在不同温度下的测试结果 (a) L-I曲线; (b) V-I曲线; (c) PCE-I曲线; (d) 最大PCE和SE随温度的变化
Figure 4. Measured results of 5-junction VCSEL with 8 μm oxide aperture under CW condition at different temperatures: (a) L-I curves; (b) V-I curves; (c) PCE-I curves; (d) max PCE and SE versus temperature.
图 5 不同氧化孔径5结VCSEL器件在室温下 (a) L-I曲线; (b) V-I曲线; (c) PCE-I曲线; (d) 最大PCE和SE随孔径的变化
Figure 5. Measured results of 5-junction VCSELs with different oxide apertures under CW condition at room temperature: (a) L-I curves; (b) V-I curves; (c) PCE-I curves; (d) max PCE and SE versus oxide aperture.
图 6 (a) 制备的19单元5结VCSEL阵列的俯视图和尺寸示意图; (b) 驱动板电压为25 V下阵列的光功率响应曲线; (c) 19单元阵列的峰值输出功率随驱动板电压的变化
Figure 6. (a) Structure and size diagram of the fabricated19-element 5-junction VCSEL array; (b) the optical power response curve of the array at driving circuit board voltage of 25 V; (c) peak output power of the array versus circuit board driving voltage.
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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[20] Pan G, Xun M, Zhao Z, et al. 2021 IEEE Electron Device Lett. 42 9
[21] Xun M, Pan G, Zhao Z Z, et al. 2021 IEEE Trans. Electron Devices 68 6
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