In this paper, the near-field intensity and phase profiles and the corresponding far-field intensity patterns of the lasing supermode at threshold for AlGaAs/GaAs index-guided laser arrays with three stripes have been calculated by active array analys...
In this paper, the near-field intensity and phase profiles and the corresponding far-field intensity patterns of the lasing supermode at threshold for AlGaAs/GaAs index-guided laser arrays with three stripes have been calculated by active array analysis. In order to obtain a sing-lobe far-field an array with net-loss between channels should have a channel width w=3㎛, a channel spacing w'=3㎛ and an effective refractive index step Δη=0.005. Both an array with w=4㎛, w'=4㎛ and Δη=0.003 and an array with w=4.5㎛, w'=3.5㎛ and Δη=0.005 have a twin-lobe far-field. But we can make these two arrays have a single-lobe far-field by increasing the thikness of a passive cladding layer to 1㎛.