Theory and Applications of 2D Microcavity Lasers

Author

Harayama, Takahisa ; Fukushima, Takehiro

Author_Institution

ATR Wave Eng. Lab., Kyoto

Volume

3

fYear

2007

fDate

1-5 July 2007

Firstpage

42

Lastpage

45

Abstract

We report a demonstration of lasing in a two-dimensional (2D) microcavity which is a semiconductor diode structure with a stadium shape finely formed by reactive-ion-etching technique and pumped by electric current injection. The laser exhibits output over a wide angle, although the fundamental lasing modes have highly complex wave structures which do not correspond to any simple set of rays inside the cavity. The applications of 2D microcavity lasers are also discussed.

Keywords

electric current; laser modes; microcavity lasers; optical pumping; semiconductor diodes; semiconductor lasers; sputter etching; 2D microcavity lasers; electric current injection; fundamental lasing modes; highly complex wave structures; reactive ion etching; semiconductor diode structure; Chaotic communication; Laser modes; Laser theory; Microcavities; Nonlinear optics; Optical sensors; Pump lasers; Resonance; Semiconductor lasers; Shape; 2D Microcavity lasers; dry-etching; nonlinear interaction; resonance; wave chaos;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2007. ICTON '07. 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1249-8

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-1249-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2007.4296240

Filename

4296240