Near ultraviolet optically pumped vertical cavitylaser

Abstract

Optically pumped near ultraviolet vertical cavity laser operation (VCSEL) has been obtained under quasi-continuous wave conditions at room temperature near 383 nm from shallow InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells (MQWs). Low loss optical resonators were fabricated by using in-situ grown (Al,Ga)N distributed Bragg reflectors that featured strain engineering design for high optical morphology, in combination with low-loss dielectric multilayer mirrors.