Directional micro-cavity lasers with Limaçon-shaped chaotic resonator

Author

Wang, Qi Jie ; Yan, Changling ; Diehl, Laurent ; Yu, Nanfang ; Pflügl, Christian ; Belkin, Mikhail A. ; Capasso, Federico ; Hentschel, Martina ; Wiersig, Jan ; Edamura, Tadataka ; Yamanishi, Masamichi ; Kan, Hirofumi

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate Limaccedilon-shaped microcavity lambda=10 mum lasers with directional emission. Their performance is robust with respect to variations of the deformation factor near its optimum value epsiv=0.40. Excellent agreement between experiments and theory is achieved.

Keywords

Q-factor; laser beams; laser modes; microcavity lasers; optical chaos; optical fabrication; quantum cascade lasers; Limaccedilon-shaped chaotic resonator; Q-factor mode; deformation factor; far-infrared laser; microcavity laser; quantum cascade laser fabrication; wavelength 10 mum; Chaos; Laser modes; Laser theory; Microcavities; Optical resonators; Power generation; Q factor; Quantum cascade lasers; Stimulated emission; Threshold current; (140.3070) Infrared and far-infrared lasers; (140.3410) Lasers resonators; (140.3948) Microcavity devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225459