Abstract

Two-dimensional (2D) arrays of microlasers are manufactured in two primary configurations: individually addressable [1], and matrix addressable [2], as illustrated in Figure 1. Each microlaser in the individually addressable array has a ground (n) terminal and a positive (p) terminal. All of the microlasers share the same ground, but a separate p contact is provided for each microlaser. An 8×8 array thus requires 64 p contacts, as indicated by the numbered bonding pads at the edges of the array. For small arrays individual addressing works well, but the complexity becomes unmanageable as the arrays scale to large sizes, and so an alternative configuration is needed that scales more gracefully.

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