Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 62, Issue 3, 0316002(2025)

Thermal Characteristics Analysis of Multi-Material Composite Heat Sink Structure Based on VCSEL Array

Chenxin Wang*, Yonggang Zou, Jie Fan, Linlin Shi, Yuxin Yue, Yingmin Song, and Hongjin Liang
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  • State Key Laboratory of High Power Semiconductor Lasers, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, Jilin , China
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    To improve the thermal performance of vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser arrays, reduce the temperature difference between individual emitting units within the device, and enhance the device's output power and light emission uniformity, a novel heat dissipation structure is proposed. This structure involves filling the transition heat sink with two materials with significantly different thermal conductivities. First, using finite element analysis software, a multigroove structure is introduced into a traditional silicon carbide transition heat sink and filled with copper-diamond and aluminum nitride materials. Subsequently, through thermal simulation analysis of the materials filled in multiple grooves and etching depths, the temperature variation in each unit in the array device with changing parameters is investigated. Finally, the structural parameters are optimized to design a new heat dissipation structure. Compared to traditional heat dissipation structures, the overall output power of the new structure device is increased by 14.2%. Simulation of the temperature distribution of the new structure encapsulating the array device reveals that the maximum temperature difference between individual emitting units is reduced from an initial 10.94 K to 0.15 K.

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    Chenxin Wang, Yonggang Zou, Jie Fan, Linlin Shi, Yuxin Yue, Yingmin Song, Hongjin Liang. Thermal Characteristics Analysis of Multi-Material Composite Heat Sink Structure Based on VCSEL Array[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2025, 62(3): 0316002

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    Paper Information

    Category: Materials

    Received: Apr. 1, 2024

    Accepted: May. 28, 2024

    Published Online: Feb. 13, 2025

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    DOI:10.3788/LOP240999

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP240999

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