Title :
Photonic crystal heterostructure cavity lasers
Author :
Giannopoulos, Antonios V. ; Long, Christopher ; Choquette, Kent D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Abstract :
We demonstrate the lasing characteristics of a photonic crystal heterostructure cavity. Feedback to slow Bloch modes using a heterostructure confinement design produces single mode lasing at 1551 nm.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser feedback; optical materials; photonic crystals; semiconductor heterojunctions; semiconductor lasers; InGaAsP-InP; heterostructure confinement design; laser feedback; photonic crystal heterostructure cavity laser; single mode laser characteristics; slow Bloch modes; wavelength 1551 nm; Biomembranes; Electrons; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Lattices; Optical feedback; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Plasma temperature; Semiconductor lasers; (140.3948) Microcavity devices; (140.5960) Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
