• DocumentCode
    3015994
  • Title

    Electrical and Optical Characterization of Microdisk Quantum Cascade Lasers emitting at Terahertz Frequencies

  • Author

    Dunbar, L.A. ; Scalari, Giacomo ; Sirigu, Lorenzo ; Giovannini, Marcella ; Houdré, R. ; Faist, Jérôme

  • Author_Institution
    Ecole Poly Tech. Federate de Lausanne, Lausanne
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Quantum cascade laser sample microdisks with double plasmon waveguiding were fabricated (lambdasime80 mum). High impedance mismatch between the confined optical mode and surrounding free- space allows the existence of whispering gallery modes ´unobtainable´ in standard dielectric microdisks.
  • Keywords
    laser cavity resonators; laser modes; microdisc lasers; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; quantum cascade lasers; whispering gallery modes; confined optical mode; double plasmon waveguiding; electrical characterization; high impedance mismatch; microdisk quantum cascade laser; optical characterization; whispering gallery mode; Frequency; Optical losses; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Plasmons; Quantum cascade lasers; Stimulated emission; Whispering gallery modes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453215
  • Filename
    4453215