Title :
Cold-cavity lasing spectra and thresholds of a twin disk photonic molecule with optically coupled whispering gallery modes
Author :
Smotrova, Elena I. ; Nosich, Alexander I. ; Benson, Trevor M. ; Sewell, Phillip
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Radio-Phys. & Electron., NASU, Kharkov, Ukraine
Abstract :
Photonic molecule composed of two identical active microdisks is considered. Cold cavity spectra and thresholds are extracted from eigenvalue analysis showing that the latter can be lower than for a single microdisk.
Keywords :
eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; microdisc lasers; optical couplers; semiconductor lasers; whispering gallery modes; active microdisk; cold-cavity lasing spectra; eigenvalue analysis; optically coupled whispering gallery mode; twin disk photonic molecule; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Electromagnetic coupling; Frequency; Laser modes; Optical coupling; Optical resonators; Quantum dot lasers; Quantum well lasers; Refractive index; Whispering gallery modes;
Conference_Titel :
Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, 2005. NUSOD '05. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9149-7
DOI :
10.1109/NUSOD.2005.1518134
