Photonic band and whispering gallery mode emitters

Author

Baba, Toshihiko

Author_Institution

Div. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Yokohama Nat. Univ., Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

10-13 Nov 1997

Firstpage

3

Abstract

Semiconductor microcavities have potentialities of ultra-small laser suitable for large scale integration and thresholdless operation under the single mode condition that only one cavity mode is allowed in the electron transition spectrum. They are categorized into VCSELs, photonic band crystals and whispering gallery mode cavities. Utilizing a high refractive index contrast between semiconductor and air, the latter two can realize a high-Q resonance and ultimate strong optical confinement, which are required for the single mode condition

Keywords

laser cavity resonators; laser modes; laser transitions; photonic band gap; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; electron transition spectrum; high-Q resonance; optical confinement; photonic band crystal; refractive index contrast; semiconductor microcavity; single mode operation; ultra-small laser; whispering gallery mode emitter; Electrons; Large scale integration; Laser modes; Laser transitions; Microcavities; Photonic crystals; Refractive index; Semiconductor lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Whispering gallery modes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3895-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1997.645146

Filename

645146