Laser photon statistics in high-β quantum-dot photonic-crystal nanocavities

Author

Choi, Y.-S. ; Rakher, M.T. ; Hennessy, K. ; Strauf, S. ; Badolato, A. ; Petroff, P.M. ; Bouwmeester, D. ; Hu, E.L.

Author_Institution

ECE Dept., Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate characteristics of InAs/GaAs quantum-dot photonic-crystal lasers with high spontaneous emission coupling efficiencies and soft-turn-on behaviors. Pronounced bunching signals subside with the increase of pumping, revealing the onset of lasing operations.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; laser cavity resonators; nanophotonics; optical pumping; photonic crystals; quantum dot lasers; spontaneous emission; InAs-GaAs; bunching signals; coupling efficiencies; laser photon statistics; quantum-dot photonic-crystal lasers; quantum-dot photonic-crystal nanocavities; soft-turn-on behaviors; spontaneous emission; Band pass filters; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Optical coupling; Pump lasers; Quantum dot lasers; Quantum dots; Semiconductor lasers; Spontaneous emission; Statistics; (140,5960) Semiconductor lasers; (300.6470) Spectroscopy, Semiconductors;

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.2006.4629022

Filename

4629022