Square microcavity semiconductor lasers

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/27/11/114212

Abstract

Square microcavities, which support whispering-gallery modes with total internal reflections, can be employed as high-quality laser resonators for fabricating compact, low-threshold semiconductor lasers. In this paper, we review the recent progress of square microcavity semiconductor lasers. The characteristics of confined optical modes in the square microcavities are introduced briefly. Based on the mode properties of the square microcavities, dual-mode lasers with tunable wavelength intervals are realized for generating microwave signals. Furthermore, deformed square microcavity lasers with the sidewalls replaced by circular sides are proposed and experimentally demonstrated to enhance the mode confinement and increase the dual-mode interval to the THz range. In order to further reduce the device size, metal-confined wavelength-scale square cavity lasers are also demonstrated.

Keywords: square microcavity whispering-gallery modes semiconductor lasers

Received: 09 January 2018
Revised: 14 June 2018
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PACS:	42.55.Sa	(Microcavity and microdisk lasers)
	42.55.Px	(Semiconductor lasers; laser diodes)
	42.60.Da	(Resonators, cavities, amplifiers, arrays, and rings)

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61527823 and 61377105).

Corresponding Authors: Yongzhen Huang
E-mail: yzhuang@semi.ac.cn

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Yuede Yang(杨跃德), Haizhong Weng(翁海中), Youzeng Hao(郝友增), Jinlong Xiao(肖金龙), Yongzhen Huang(黄永箴) Square microcavity semiconductor lasers 2018 Chin. Phys. B 27 114212

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