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Microcavity Surface Emitting Laser, Stewart Feld, John P. Loehr, James A. Lott Jul 2001

Microcavity Surface Emitting Laser, Stewart Feld, John P. Loehr, James A. Lott

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A three-dimensional waveguiding structure for a microcavity surface-emitting laser is described in which native aluminum oxide layers provide control of intracavity waveguiding and the laser optical mode structure of the emitted beam. Microcavity lasers described herein account for the blueshift of the emission wavelength as the laser lateral dimensions are reduced to or below the emission wavelength.