Vertical emitting Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers based on photonic crystal cavities

Author

Sirigu, L. ; Terazzi, R. ; Walther, C. ; Giovannini, M. ; Faist, J.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Phys., Univ. of Neuchatel, Neuchatel

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Photonic crystal based THz quantum cascade laser structures emitting from the top surface are presented. The devices show single-mode behavior with the laser frequency being tuned by varying the lattice parameter.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; laser tuning; lattice constants; optical materials; photonic crystals; quantum cascade lasers; submillimetre wave lasers; surface emitting lasers; GaAs-Al_0.15Ga_0.85As; THz laser structures; laser frequency tuning; lattice parameter; photonic crystal cavities; single-mode behavior; terahertz quantum cascade lasers; vertical emitting lasers; Frequency; Lattices; Optical devices; Optical resonators; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Quantum cascade lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; 140.3070; 140.5960; 230.5590;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627655

Filename

4627655