title: Design and analysis of anti-resonant reflecting photonic crystal VCSEL lasers.
abstract: Anti-resonant reflecting photonic crystal structure is employed in vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) to achieve photon confinement in lateral direction. Such a design is promising in supporting large-aperture single-mode emission. In the configuration, hexagonal arrays of high-index cylinders which run vertically in the cladding region are introduced in the VCSEL's top DBR (p-DBR) mirror region. The transverse modal property of the proposed structure, especially leakage loss, has been theoretically investigated. An optimum design for the minimum radiation loss while maintaining single-mode operation has been discussed in this paper.
authors.forename: Hairong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shum
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ghafouri-Shiraz
authors.forename: Deming
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu