Abstract
Photonic-crystal distributed-feedback gratings are employed to produce vertical emission from very-large-area mid-IR “W” lasers. For a FWHM pump-spot diameter of 400-µm, ≈60% of the output is transmitted through a far-field aperture of diameter 1.8º.
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