Title : 
Tunable edge-emitting microlaser on photonic crystal slab
         
        
            Author : 
Xing, Mengdao ; Chen, Weijie ; Zhou, Weicheng ; Liu, An ; Wang, Huifang ; Zheng, Weiye
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Nano-Optoelectron. Lab., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing, China
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
11/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A tunable edge-emitting microlaser is realised by a chirped line-defect photonic crystal waveguide. A tunable range of 57 nm is obtained experimentally.
         
        
            Keywords : 
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; integrated optics; laser tuning; micro-optics; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; quantum well lasers; InGaAsP; chirped line-defect photonic crystal waveguide; edge-emitting microlaser; laser wavelengths; photonic crystal slab; quantum well; tuning; wavelength 57 nm;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Electronics Letters
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1049/el.2009.1695