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16 June 2004 Simulation of dynamic beam steering in two-species coupled VCSEL arrays
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Abstract
Closely packed VCSEL arrays phase lock due to active lateral interactions from cross gain and cross hole-burning. Breaking the lattice symmetry either by geometry, or by staggered application of two biases IA, IB creates a "two cavity species" photonic lattice. The relative phase among locked cavities is controlled by the applied bias ratio IA/IB. While uniform arrays allow only in- or out- of phase locking, two-species lattices allows a small but continuous range of phase shifts for the Bragg steering condition, without movable parts.
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Spilios Riyopoulos "Simulation of dynamic beam steering in two-species coupled VCSEL arrays", Proc. SPIE 5364, Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers VIII, (16 June 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.528302
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KEYWORDS
Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

Beam steering

Near field

Mode locking

Phase shifts

Diffraction

Optical simulations

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