Two-dimensional photonic crystal semiconductor lasers: computational design, fabrication, and characterization

Author

Ryu, Han-Youl ; Park, Hong-Gyu ; Lee, Yong-Hee

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Taejon, South Korea

Volume

8

Issue

4

fYear

2002

Firstpage

891

Lastpage

908

Abstract

We have designed, fabricated, and tested two-dimensional (2-D) slab photonic crystal semiconductor lasers at communication wavelengths. Wavelength-size microresonators defined on the 2-D slab photonic crystal have been effective in photon confinement and functioned well as ultra-small lasers by optical pumping. The photonic crystal laser structures that we have tested have shown large quality factors and low thresholds.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; Q-factor; finite difference time-domain analysis; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; microcavity lasers; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical pumping; optical testing; photoluminescence; photonic band gap; quantum well lasers; 2D photonic crystal semiconductor laser fabrication; 2D slab photonic crystal semiconductor laser testing; InGaAsP; InGaAsP quantum well lasers; communication wavelengths; computational design; large quality factors; low thresholds; optical design; optical pumping; photon confinement; photonic crystal laser structures; two-dimensional photonic crystal semiconductor lasers; ultra-small lasers; wavelength-size microresonators; Microcavities; Optical computing; Optical design; Optical device fabrication; Photonic crystals; Pump lasers; Semiconductor device testing; Semiconductor lasers; Slabs; Two dimensional displays;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2002.801681

Filename

1039481