Highly monomode W1 waveguide square lattice photonic crystal lasers

Author

Gauthier-Lafaye, O. ; Mulin, D. ; Bonnefont, S. ; Checoury, X. ; Lourtioz, J.-M. ; Talneau, A. ; Lozes-Dupuy, F.

Author_Institution

LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France

Volume

17

Issue

8

fYear

2005

Firstpage

1587

Lastpage

1589

Abstract

Lasing of W1 square lattice-based photonic crystal lasers on the substrate approach is analyzed. A second-order distributed feedback highly monomode behavior is observed. A comprehensive two-dimensional and three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain computation analysis shows that this characteristic arises from the lattice geometry. Single-mode lasers can be obtained using this geometry, opening the way to the realization of monomode laser arrays.

Keywords

Q-factor; distributed feedback lasers; finite difference time-domain analysis; integrated optoelectronics; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; optical pumping; photonic crystals; semiconductor laser arrays; waveguide lasers; W1 waveguide lasers; cavity Q-factor; finite-difference time-domain computation; integrated optoelectronics; lattice geometry; monomode laser arrays; monomode lasers; optical pumping; photonic crystal lasers; second-order distributed feedback behavior; semiconductor lasers; single-mode lasers; square lattice photonic crystal; substrate approach; Computational geometry; Distributed feedback devices; Finite difference methods; Geometrical optics; Laser feedback; Lattices; Optical arrays; Photonic crystals; Time domain analysis; Waveguide lasers; Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) methods; integrated optoelectronics; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.851990

Filename

1471743