Recent advances in high-contrast metastructures, metasurfaces, and photonic crystals

P Qiao, W Yang, CJ Chang-Hasnain - Advances in Optics and …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
In the past decade, the research field that uses arrays of high-index-contrast near-
wavelength dielectric structures on flat surfaces, known as high-contrast metastructures …

Angle-multiplexed metasurfaces: encoding independent wavefronts in a single metasurface under different illumination angles

SM Kamali, E Arbabi, A Arbabi, Y Horie… - Physical Review X, 2017 - APS
The angular response of thin diffractive optical elements is highly correlated. For example,
the angles of incidence and diffraction of a grating are locked through the grating momentum …

Photonic integrated multiwavelength laser arrays: Recent progress and perspectives

SL Lee, TC Lu, Y Hung Jr, LR Chen… - Applied Physics …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
With the significant technology advancement in photonic integration and the demands of
compact light sources of multiple wavelengths, multiwavelength laser arrays (MWLAs) can …

Wavelength-swept VCSELs

P Qiao, KT Cook, K Li… - IEEE Journal of Selected …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ability to continuously tune the wavelength of a laser is of critical importance and is a
fundamental building block for many optical systems, including wavelength division …

Highly sensitive narrowband Si photodetector with peak response at around 1060 nm

L Wang, H Luo, H Zuo, J Tao, Y Yu… - … on Electron Devices, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Photodetection at a wavelength of about 1060 nm is very important for applications including
medical imaging, optical communication, and light detection and ranging. In this article, a …

Monolithic high-contrast metastructure for beam-sha** VCSELs

K Li, Y Rao, C Chase, W Yang, CJ Chang-Hasnain - Optica, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We report a high-contrast metastructure (HCM) mirror as a novel beam-sha** element for
vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs). The metastructure is monolithically …

Electrically injected VCSEL with a composite DBR and MHCG reflector

M Gębski, JA Lott, T Czyszanowski - Optics Express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We achieve the continuous-wave (CW) lasing of electrically-injected, first-of-their-kind
vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) that use a subwavelength monolithic high …

Improvement of output efficiency of p-face up photonic-crystal surface-emitting lasers

LR Chen, KB Hong, KC Huang, HT Yen, TC Lu - Optics Express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We optimized the p-side emission device configuration of photonic-crystal surface-emitting
laser (PCSEL) to facilitate the easier chip process and wafer level testing as well as the …

High-power VCSEL-pumped slab laser with temperature fluctuation adaptability

PC Di, XP Li, J Yang, RJ Wang… - IEEE Photonics …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A face-pumped Nd: YAG slab laser with high-power output and temperature fluctuation
adaptability is proposed and demonstrated for the first time. A two-dimensional (2D) vertical …

Simultaneous solar rejection and infrared emission switching using an integrated dielectrics-on-VO2 metasurface

K Araki, RZ Zhang - AIP Advances, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Passive infrared emittance switching can be achieved with a metal-to-insulating phase
transition material vanadium dioxide (VO2), but its non-transitioning bandgap results in high …