• DocumentCode
    2250094
  • Title

    Whispering Gallery Modes in quantum dot micropillar cavities

  • Author

    Jones, B.D. ; Astratov, V.N. ; Oulton, R. ; Lam, S. ; Sanvitto, D. ; Whittaker, D.M. ; Fox, A.M. ; Skolnick, M.S. ; Fry, P.W. ; Hopkinson, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Sheffield Univ., Sheffield
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    High Q-factor (~60,000) whispering gallery modes are observed from GaAs based micropillar cavities with embedded InAs quantum dots. Low threshold lasing is observed in WGMs near to the peak of the QD ensemble.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; Q-factor; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; microcavities; semiconductor quantum dots; whispering gallery modes; GaAs; Q-factor; embedded quantum dots; low threshold lasing; micropillar cavities; semiconductor quantum dot; whispering gallery modes; Astronomy; Gallium arsenide; Geometrical optics; Optical devices; Physics; Q factor; Quantum dot lasers; Quantum dots; Stimulated emission; Whispering gallery modes; (140.3948) Microcavity devices; (250.5590) Quantum -well, -wire, -dot devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4572048