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5 March 2021 Advances in ultraviolet-emitting vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers
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Abstract
We will give an overview of the progress in ultraviolet-emitting vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) and their potential applications in areas such as disinfection and medical therapy. This includes our demonstration of the shortest wavelength VCSEL, emitting at 310 nm under optical pumping, and a detailed analysis of its filamentary lasing characteristics. The UVB-emitting AlGaN-based VCSEL was realized by substrate removal using electrochemical etching, enabling the use of two high-reflectivity dielectric distributed Bragg reflectors. The potential of using this or alternative methods to push the emission to shorter wavelengths will be examined as well as concepts to realize electrically injected devices.
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Filip Hjort, Johannes Enslin, Munise Cobet, Michael A. Bergmann, Joachim Ciers, Giulia Cardinali, Nando Prokop, Tim Kolbe, Felix Nippert, Markus R. Wagner, Johan S. Gustavsson, Tim Wernicke, Michael Kneissl, and Åsa Haglund "Advances in ultraviolet-emitting vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers", Proc. SPIE 11686, Gallium Nitride Materials and Devices XVI, 116860F (5 March 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2576044
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KEYWORDS
Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

Dielectrics

Distributed Bragg reflectors

Electrochemical etching

Laser therapeutics

Optical pumping

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