Broad-stripe single longitudinal mode laser based on metal slots.

Single-longitudinal-mode end-emitting laser with 10 periods of metal slots at around 956 nm has been fabricated. 100 μm wide broad-stripe and ten periods of 9.5 μm periodicity metal slots are defined by i-line lithography and dry etching. Experimentally, continuous-wave power of 213 mW has achieved, at a slope efficiency of 520 mW/A, having a 3 dB spectrum width of less than 0.04 nm at 900 mA, and operating in a stable single longitudinal mode with the side-mode suppression ratio (SMSR) of 42 dB. We prove that metal slots introduce sufficient loss into the cavity to filter out the wanted mode, and is more efficient on our chip structure than traditional slot laser. This paper provides a new method for the realizing high power broad-stripe (~100 μm) laser and array with single longitudinal mode operation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]