Vertical cavity lasers with tapered oxide apertures for low scattering loss

The authors have fabricated vertical cavity lasers with tapered oxide apertures. The taper of the oxide aperture creates a more lens-like element within the cavity which, as predicted from theory, almost eliminates scattering losses in small devices with a 2 /spl mu/m diameter opening.

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