Title :
Physical decomposition of a photonic crystal membrane heterostructure cavity laser
Author :
Giannopoulos, Antonios V. ; Long, Christopher M. ; Choquette, Kent D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Abstract :
We demonstrate the effect of the surrounding photonic crystal cladding in a photonic crystal membrane heterostructure cavity. The lasing wavelength is shifted from the Gamma-point to the K-point by the photonic crystal heterostructure.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; photonic crystals; solid lasers; lasing wavelength; photonic crystal cladding; photonic crystal membrane heterostructure cavity laser; Biomembranes; Electrons; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Lattices; Nearest neighbor searches; Optical pumping; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688734
