NOVELTY - The vertical cavity surface emitting laser has a substrate (10), a lower reflector (20), an active medium layer (30), an upper reflector (50) and a current limitation layer (40). The lower reflector is mounted on the substrate. The active medium layer and the upper reflector for a laser oscillation are mounted on the substrate. The current limitation enables a current to flow at the center where a laser is oscillated. The current limitation layer is formed by oxidation.
USE - Vertical cavity surface emitting laser.
ADVANTAGE - The vertical cavity surface emitting laser has a substrate, a lower reflector, an active medium layer, an upper reflector and a current limitation layer, and the active medium layer and the upper reflector for a laser oscillation are mounted on the substrate, and thus enables to reduce a manufacturing cost and a light quantity variation without an output light quantity automatic adjusting device.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for an optical communications module.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross-sectional view of a vertical cavity surface emitting laser.
Substrate (10)
Lower reflector (20)
Active medium layer (30)
Current limitation layer (40)
Upper reflector (50)
Beam source (120)