Semiconductor photonic crystal laser

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/27/11/114211

Abstract

By combing artificial micro-nano structures, photonic crystals (PCs), with traditional semiconductor laser material to realize the dynamic collaborative control of photonic states and confined electrons, the band engineering of the PC has been confirmed. This brings new development space for the semiconductor laser, such as for low threshold and high efficiency. Based on a series of works by Zheng's group, this paper has reviewed kinds of PC lasers including electrical injection PC vertical cavity and lateral cavity surface-emitting lasers, and PC high beam quality lasers, to show that the PC is vital for promoting the continuous improvement of semiconductor laser performance at present and in the future.

Keywords: semiconductor laser photonic crystal complex cavity

Received: 28 February 2018
Revised: 13 September 2018
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PACS:	42.55.Px	(Semiconductor lasers; laser diodes)
	42.70.Qs	(Photonic bandgap materials)
	42.60.Fc	(Modulation, tuning, and mode locking)

Fund:

Project supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant Nos. 2016YFB0401804, 2016YFB0402203, 2016YFA0301102, and 2017YFA0206400), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 91850206, 61535013, 61137003, 61321063, and 61404133), and the Special Fund for Strategic Pilot Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant Nos. XDB24010100, XDB24010200, XDB24020100, and XDB24030100).

Corresponding Authors: Wanhua Zheng
E-mail: whzheng@semi.ac.cn

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Wanhua Zheng(郑婉华) Semiconductor photonic crystal laser 2018 Chin. Phys. B 27 114211

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