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This chapter discusses the methods of modeling Bragg mirrors for vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs). The propagation matrix method was used to present the design and performance of a VCSEL with AlAs/AlGaAs Bragg mirrors for electromagnetic radiation centered at 980 nm. We adopted and compared with AlAs/AlGaAs periodic dielectric layer stacks consisting of 20 and 40 identical layer-pairs. The result indicates that the reflectivity of the Bragg mirror is close to unity over a wavelength band width centered at wavelength of 980 nm. It was found that the results achieved from the simulation showed a high correlation with predicted results.
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Liao, SH. (2016). Modeling of an AlGaAs-Based VCSEL with Bragg Mirrors. In: Juang, J. (eds) Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Technologies and Engineering Systems (ICITES2014). Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 345. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17314-6_36
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