Prof. John McInerney - activities in 1996-1999

Research Publications

1. C. Yan, X. Wang and J.G. McInerney, "Multistability in grating-tuned external-cavity semiconductor lasers", IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 32, 813-22 (1996)

2. S.J. Guel-Sandoval, S.T. Srinivasan, S.D. Hersee, S.Z. Sun, A.H. Paxton, G.C. Dente, M. Tilton and J.G. McInerney, "Shaped unstable resonator semiconductor lasers", Appl. Phys. Lett., August 1996

3. M. J. Bohn and J.G. McInerney, "Optical bistabiility in detuned vertical cavity surface-emitting semiconductor lasers", Opt. Lett., October 1996

4. Y.G. Zhao and J.G. McInerney "Transverse mode control in vertical cavity semiconductor lasers", IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 32, 1950-8 (1996)

5. H. Li, T.L.Lucas, J.G. McInerney, M.W. Wright and R.A. Morgan, "Injection locking dynamics of vertical cavity semiconductor lasers under conventional and phase conjugate optical injection", IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 32, 227-36 (1996)

6. J. Braddell, P.O'Brien and J.G. McInerney, "High brightness curved facet laser diodes operating at 980 nm", Proc. Ann. Mtg. LEOS 9, 142-4 (1996)

7. Y.G. Zhao and J.G. McInerney, "Transient temperature response of vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor lasers", IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 31, 1668-73 (1996)

8. M. Hofmann, S. Brorson, J. Moerk, P. Skovgaard, J.G. McInerney and A. Mecozzi, "Subpicosecond heterodyne four-wave mixing experiments on InGaAsP semiconductor laser amplifiers", Opt. Commun. 139, 117-124 (1997)

9. P.M.W. Skovgaard, J.G. McInerney, J.V. Moloney, R.A. Indik and C.Z. Ning, "Enhanced stability of MFA-MOPA semiconductor lasers using a nonlinear, trumpet-shaped flare", IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett. 9, 1220-23 (1997)

10. S.P. Hegarty, G. Huyet, J.G. McInerney, H. Li, "Polarization dynamics and intensity noise in vertical cavity semiconductor lasers", Proc. SPIE 2994, 190-7 (1997)

11. P.M.W. Skovgaard, J.G. McInerney, J.V. Moloney, R.A. Indik and C.Z. Ning, "Modeling of master oscillator-power amplifier (MOPA) semiconductor lasers", Proc. SPIE 2994, 801-10 (1997)

12. Y.G. Zhao and J.G. McInerney, "Transverse mode control of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers", IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 32, 1950-9 (1996)

13. P.O'Brien and J.G. McInerney, "Direct imaging of 0.81 and 0.98 mkm tapered and broad stripe semiconductor lasers", Proc. LEOS 10, 409-10 (1997)

14. D. Courtney, J.G. McInerney, P.M.W. Skovgaard and B. Corbett, "Microcavity semiconductor lasers" book chapter in "Advanced electronic systems and technologies based on low-dimensional quantum devices" (M. Balkanski, ed), Kluwer, 1997

    1998

15. A Egan, C Z Ning, J V Moloney, R A Indik, M W Wright, D J Bossert, J G McInerney, Dynamic instabilities in master oscillator-power amplifier semiconductor lasers, IEEE J Quantum Electron. 34, 166 (1998)

16. P A O'Brien, C Moorhouse, J Braddell and J G McInerney, Imaging of curved facet unstable resonator semiconductor lasers, Electron. Lett. 34, 561 (1998)

17. P A O'Brien, J O'Callaghan and J G McInerney, Internal temperature distribution measurements in high power semiconductor lasers, Electron. Lett. 34, 1399 (1998)

18. A Kent, G D'Alessandro and J G McInerney, Partial differential rate equations for semiconductor lasers, Proc. Int. Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Opt. (CLEO '98), paper CWF13, p. 235 (1998)

19. P O'Brien, J O'Callaghan and J G McInerney, Temperature profiling of high-power semiconductor lasers, Proc. Int. Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Opt. (CLEO '98), paper CWF14, p. 236 (1998)

20. P M W Skovgaard, J G McInerney, J V Moloney, R A Indik and C Z Ning, Suppression of transverse and longitudinal instabilities in high-power MFA-MOPA semiconductor lasers, Proc. Int. Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Opt. (CLEO '98), paper CWF25, p. 244 (1998)

21. S P Hegarty, G Huyet, J G McInerney, K D Choquette, H Q Hou and K M Geib, Size dependence of selectively oxidized VCSEL transverse mode structure, Proc. Int. Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Opt. (CLEO '98), paper CThS6, p. 447 (1998)

22. A V Uskov, J G McInerney, J R Karin, J E Bowers, Intraband carrier kinetics", Opt Lett 23, 370 (1998).

23. A V Uskov, J McInerney, F Adler, H Schweizer and M H Pulkuhn, Auger carrier capture kinetics in self-assembled quantum dot structures, Appl. Phys. Lett. 72, 58 (1998).

24. S. P. Hegarty, G. Huyet, J. G. McInerney, K. D Choquette, K. M. Geib, H. Q. Hou Size dependence of transverse mode structure in oxide-confined vertical cavity lasers Appl. Phys. Lett.,73, 596 (1998).

25. S P Hegarty, G Huyet, J G McInerney, H Q Hou and K D Choquette, Off-axis emission from native oxide confined vertical cavity semiconductor lasers, Proc. SPIE 3286, 198-204 (1998)

26. D Courtney, P O'Brien, P M W Skovgaard, J G McInerney and B Corbett, Room temperature CW operation of InGaAsP/InP microdisk lasers, Proc. SPIE 3286, 138-151 (1998)

27. J G McInerney, H Li and Y-G Zhao, Transverse modes, patterns and polarization behavior in vertical cavity semiconductor lasers (invited paper), Proc. SPIE 3286, 154-169 (1998)

28. P M W Skovgaard, R J Mullane, D N Nikogosyan and J G McInerney, Two-photon photocinductivity in semiconductor waveguide autcorrelators, Proc. Eur. Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Opt. (CLEO Europe '98), paper CTuI69 (1998) , ISBN 0-7803-4233

29. D Courtney, P O'Brien, J G McInerney and B Corbett, Room temperature CW lasing of microdisk lasers, Proc. Eur. Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Opt. (CLEO Europe '98), paper CWA5 (1998), ISBN 0-7803-4233

30. A J Kent, G Huyet, S P Hegarty, P Porta and J G McInerney, A multimode model for the dynamics of a semiconductor laser with optical feedback, Proc. Eur. Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Opt. (CLEO Europe '98), paper CThH25 (1998), ISBN 0-7803-4233

31. P O'Brien, J G McInerney and J Braddell, Optical and temperature interior distributions in large aperture semiconductor lasers, Proc. Eur. Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Opt. (CLEO Europe '98), paper CThG5 (1998), ISBN 0-7803-4233

32. G Huyet, M Guidici, S P Hegarty, J G McInerney and S Balle, Optical feedback in semiconductor lasers (Invited paper), Proc. Eur. Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Opt. (CLEO Europe '98), paper QMD1 (1998), ISBN 0-7803-4233

33. P O'Brien and J McInerney, Improved near- and far-field distributions in broad area semiconductor lasers with enhanced current spreading, Proc. Ann. Mtg. Lasers and Electro-Opt. (LEOS '98) 11, paper WY3 (1998)

34. P M W Skovgaard and J McInerney, Inhomogeneous pumping of semiconductor lasers achieved by contact profiling, Proc. Ann. Mtg. Lasers and Electro-Opt. (LEOS '98) 11, paper WQ5 (1998).

35. S Guel-Sandoval, A H Paxton, S D Hersee and J G McInerney, Effective index design of a shaped continuous unstable resonator for high power laser diodes Revista Mexicana de Fisica 43, 940 (1998) (Invited paper),

36. P M W Skovgaard, R J Mullane, D N Nikogosyan and J G McInerney, Two-photon photoconductivity in semiconductor waveguide autcorrelators, Opt. Commun. 153, 78 (1998).

37. P A O'Brien, P M W Skovgaard, J G McInerney and J S Roberts, Broad area semiconductor lasers with improved near- and far-fields by enhanced current spreading, Electron. Lett. 34, 1943 (1998).

38. P M W Skovgaard, P O'Brien and J McInerney, Inhomogeneous pumping and increased filamentation threshold of semiconductor lasers by contact profiling, Electron. Lett. 34, 1950 (1998)

39. A V Uskov, J R Karin, J E Bowers, J G McInerney, J LeBihan, Effects of carrier cooling and heating in saturation dynamics and pulse propagation through bulk semiconductor absorbers, IEEE J Quantum Electron 34, 2162-71 (1998)

40. A V Uskov, J Karin, J E Bowers and J G McInerney, Intraband carrier kinetics and pulse shaping in field-enhanced saturable absorber, Appl Phys Lett 23, 376-9 (1998)

41. S.P. Hegarty, G. Huyet, J.G. McInerney and K.D. Choquette, Pattern formation in the transverse section of a laser with a large Fresnel numbe,r Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 1434 (1998).

42. S.P. Hegarty, G. Huyet, J.G. McInerney, K.D. Choquette, K.M. Geib and H.Q. Hou Size Dependence of Transverse Mode Structure in Oxide-Confined Vertical-Cavity Laser Diodes, Appl. Phys. Lett. 73, 593 (1998).

43. J G McInerney, There are no atoms in cyberspace, EUPRO Intl Workshop on the Future of Physics, Amsterdam, Dec 1998

    1999

44. M Mullane and J G McInerney, Minimisation of the linewidth enhancement factor in compressively strained quantum well semiconductor lasers, IEEE Photonics Technol Lett, July 1999

45. .P. Hegarty, G. Huyet, P. Porta, J.G. McInerney and K.D. Choquette, Transverse mode structure and pattern formation in vertical cavity semiconductor lasers. J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 16, 2060-2071 (1999).

46. G. Huyet, J. K. White, A. J. Kent, S. P. Hegarty, J. V. Moloney and J. G. McInerney, Dynamics of a semiconductor lasers with optical feedback, Phys. Rev. A 60, 1534-1537 (1999)

47. P O'Brien, J Houlihan, J McInerney, Improved output beam quality in large aperture semiconductor lasers by modification of transverse gain and index profiles, Proc Int Conf on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO '99), paper CTuK50, pp 143-44 (1999) ISBN 1-55752-595-1

48. J G McInerney, The future of physics and choices of future research directions (Invited paper), Proc XI Gen Congress of Eur Physical Soc (EPS 11), London, Sept 1999

49. J G McInerney, P A O'Brien, P M W Skovgaard, J Houlihan, J O'Callaghan, E O'Neill, M Mullane, Broad area semiconductor lasers with reduced filamentation, Proc XII Ann Meeting of IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Soc (LEOS '99), pp 78-9 (Invited paper) ISBN 0-7803-5634-9

Research Presentations

• Instabilities in high power semiconductor lasers
  US Air Force Nonlinear Optics Review, Tucson, Arizona, October 1996
  
• Semiconductor vertical cavity and microcavity lasers
  4 lectures at NATO Advanced Study Institute, Sozopol, Bulgaria, September 1996

  1998

• Off-axis emission from native oxide confined vertical cavity semiconductor lasers, SPIE Photonics West Symp, Conf on Vertical Cavity Semiconductor Lasers, San Jose, USA, Jan 1998

• Room temperature CW operation of InGaAsP/InP microdisk lasers, SPIE Photonics West Symp, Conf on Vertical Cavity Semiconductor Lasers, San Jose, USA, Jan 1998

• Transverse modes, patterns and polarization behavior in vertical cavity semiconductor lasers, Invited paper at SPIE Photonics West Symp, Conf on Vertical Cavity Semiconductor Lasers, San Jose, USA, Jan 1998

• Partial differential rate equations for semiconductor lasers, Int. Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Opt. (CLEO '98), San Francisco, USA, May 1998

• Temperature profiling of high-power semiconductor lasers, Int. Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Opt. (CLEO '98), San Francisco, USA, May 1998

• Suppression of transverse and longitudinal instabilities in high-power semiconductor lasers, Int. Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Opt. (CLEO '98), San Francisco, USA, May 1998

• Size dependence of selectively oxidized VCSEL transverse mode structure, Int. Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Opt. (CLEO '98), San Francisco, USA, May 1998

• Semiconductor laser research at NUI Cork, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Nov 1998

• Two-photon photoconductivity in semiconductor waveguide autcorrelators, Eur. Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Opt., Glasgow, Sept 1998

• Room temperature CW lasing of microdisk lasers, Eur. Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Opt., Glasgow, Sept 1998

• A multimode model for the dynamics of a semiconductor laser with optical feedback, Eur. Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Opt., Glasgow, Sept 1998

• Optical and temperature interior distributions in large aperture semiconductor lasers, Eur. Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Opt., Glasgow, Sept 1998

• Optical feedback in semiconductor lasers (Invited paper), Eur. Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Opt., Glasgow, Sept 1998

• Dynamics of semiconductor lasers with optical and optoelectronic feedback, USAF Nonlinear Optics Review, Tucson, Arizona, USA, Sept 1998

• Improved near- and far-field distributions in broad area semiconductor lasers with enhanced current spreading, Ann. Mtg. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Opt. Soc., Orlando, USA, Dec1998

• Inhomogeneous pumping of semiconductor lasers achieved by contact profiling, Ann. Mtg. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Opt. Soc., Orlando, USA, Dec1998

  1999

• Semiconductor laser research at NUI Cork, EU Symposium on Wavelength Scale Optoelectronics for Telecommunications, Stockholm, Mar 1999

• Antireflection coating and bonding of high power semiconductor lasers, GIGA A/S, Skovlunde, Denmark, April 1999

• Advances in high power semiconductor lasers, Danish Technical University, April 1999

• Improved output beam quality in large aperture semiconductor lasers by modification of transverse gain and index profiles, Int Conf on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO '99), Baltimore, USA, May 1999

• Overview of semiconductor laser research at NUI Cork, Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, USA, May 1999

• High brightness semiconductor lasers, USAF Diode Laser Technology Review (DLTR '99), Fort Walton, Florida, USA, May 1999

• The future of physics and choices of future research directions (Invited paper), XI Gen Congress of Eur Physical Soc (EPS 11), London, Sept 1999

• Modelling large aperture semiconductor lasers in the nonlinear regime, USAF Nonlinear Optics Review, Tucson, Arizona, USA, Sept 1999

• High power semiconductor lasers with reduced filamentation, European Semiconductor Laser Workshop, Paris, Sept 1999

• Broad area semiconductor lasers with reduced filamentation, XII Ann Meeting of IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Soc (LEOS '99), San Francisco, USA, 1999

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