Single fundamental mode photonic crystal VCSEL with high power and low threshold current optimized by modal loss analysis

Xie Yi-Yang^{1, 2}, Kan Qiang², Xu Chen^{1, †}, Xu Kun³, Chen Hong-Da²

(color online) Calculated mode intensity profiles of PhC-VCSELs with 8- oxide aperture diameter and different photonic crystal structures on logarithmic color scale: (a) the fundamental modes with seven-point-defect PhC structure, (b) the fundamental mode with single-point-defect PhC structure.