2020, Volume 22, Issue 3
Strategic Study of CAE >> 2020, Volume 22, Issue 3 doi: 10.15302/J-SSCAE-2020.03.004
Several New Semiconductor Lasers and Status, Challenges and Insights of Related Industries
1. Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China;
2. College of Materials Science and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Abstract
As the basis of the whole laser industry, the semiconductor laser industry is not only large-scaled but also has strong radiation and driving capacities. The semiconductor lasers are widely used in industrial, military, and living consumption fields such as optical communication, optical information processing, novel manufacturing, laser display, and biological and medical sensing. To adapt to the gradually expanding application range and satisfy the new requirements of different application scenarios, various new mechanisms, concepts, and structures have been introduced into the semiconductor laser industry through interdisciplinary penetration, greatly optimizing the wavelength coverage, beam quality, device volume, power consumption, modulation speed, and output power of the semiconductor lasers. This paper introduces several rapidly developed new semiconductor lasers by comparing their physical connotation, structural design, and preparation methods. Considering the current development status of related industries in China, we suggest that the development of the semiconductor laser industry should be closely combined with industrial application. The performance of the semiconductor lasers should be optimized in a closed-loop manner relying on the market capacity and the strong systematic development ability in China to promote the key technologies. New principles, structures, and processes should be continually introduced into this industry through interdisciplinary integration. Meanwhile, using the policy-oriented advantages in China, we suggest to increase investment in vertical external cavity surface emitting lasers, micro-nano lasers, and topological insulator lasers and conduct mass production and controllable production, thus to seize the leading position in international competition in the related fields.
Keywords
semiconductor lasers ; optically pumped vertical external cavity surface emitting lasers ; nanolasers ; topological insulator lasers
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