Chip-scale integrated holographic devices based on top-emitting vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

Abstract

Holography technology is considered the ultimate three-dimensional (3D) visualization technology in the future. However, conventional methods for achieving holography generally utilize discrete optical components and off-chip laser sources, resulting in a large size and high complexity, which are undesirable for practical applications. In this Letter, chip-scale integrated holographic devices are realized by integrating top-emitting vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) with micro holograms printed by 3D femtosecond laser nanoprinting technology. The VCSELs are designed to operate in a single fundamental mode with a Gaussian emission profile. Then the Gaussian beams are phase-modulated by the integrated micro holograms designed by the Gerchberg–Saxton (GS) algorithm and the target holographic images can be displayed behind the holograms. Such integrated holographic devices are of micron size and can be easily scaled into arrays with arbitrary channels on-demand, which are important for achieving miniaturized and portable holographic imaging systems.