Title :
Photonic crystal nanolasers, modulation and coherence characteristics
Author :
Braive, R. ; Hostein, R. ; Elivra, D. ; Hachair, X. ; Barbay, S. ; Abram, I. ; Sagnes, I. ; Beaudoin, G. ; Le Gratiet, L. ; Talneau, A. ; Robert-Philip, I. ; Beveratos, A.
Author_Institution :
Lab. de Photonique et de Nanostruct., CNRS, Marcoussis, France
Abstract :
We have demonstrated coherent emission at 1.55μm from nanoscale lasers at room temperature under gain-switched operation and studied their characteristics particularly with regard to the pulsed excitation rate, a feature that is important for high bit-rate data transmission.
Keywords :
light coherence; nanophotonics; optical modulation; photonic crystals; quantum dot lasers; bit-rate data transmission; coherent emission; gain-switched operation; nanoscale lasers; optical modulation; photonic crystal nanolasers; pulsed excitation rate; temperature 293 K to 298 K; wavelength 1.55 mum; Chirp; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Nanoscale devices; Photonic crystals; Pump lasers; Spontaneous emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942589
