• DocumentCode
    1524013
  • Title

    Metal-Cavity Nanolasers

  • Author

    Chuang, Shun Lien ; Bimberg, Dieter

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    4/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    288
  • Lastpage
    292
  • Abstract
    Recent progress on nanoscale lasers, especially metal-cavity nanolasers, is highlighted. In spite of the metal loss, metal cavities of subwavelength scales have been used successfully for semiconductor lasers by optical or electrical pumping from low to room temperature. We focus on the demonstration of a substrate-free metal-cavity surface emitting microlaser operating continuous wave at room temperature with electrical injection.
  • Keywords
    microcavity lasers; nanophotonics; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; electrical injection; metal cavity nanolasers; nanoscale laser; semiconductor laser; substrate free metal cavity surface emitting microlaser; temperature 293 K to 298 K; Cavity resonators; Metals; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Semiconductor lasers; nanolasers; nanophotonics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Journal, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1943-0655
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JPHOT.2011.2138690
  • Filename
    5772688