• DocumentCode
    2264310
  • Title

    Splitting and lasing of whispering gallery modes in quantum dot micropillars

  • Author

    Jones, B.D. ; Oxborrow, M. ; Astratov, V.N. ; Hopkinson, M. ; Tahraoui, A. ; Skolnick, M.S. ; Fox, A.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Whispering gallery mode splitting in high quality-factor InAs quantum dot micropillars is observed and attributed to resonant scattering from the dots themselves. Low-threshold multimode lasing with beta-factors approaching unity is demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; microcavities; optical resonators; quantum well lasers; semiconductor quantum dots; whispering gallery modes; InAs; low-threshold multimode lasing; quantum dot micropillars; resonant scattering; splitting; whispering gallery modes; Gallium arsenide; Laser excitation; Microcavities; Optical surface waves; Quantum dots; Scattering; Whispering gallery modes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951650