Title :
Transfer printed photonic crystal nanomembrane lasers on silicon with low optical pumping threshold
Author :
Zhao, Deyin ; Chuwongin, Santhad ; Yang, Hongjun ; Seo, Jung-Hun ; Berggren, Jesper ; Hammar, Mattias ; Ma, Zhenqiang ; Zhou, Weidong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
Abstract :
We report here an ultra-compact membrane lasers on silicon with very low pumping threshold. The laser consists of InGaAsP QW active region sandwiched in between two single-layer Fano resonance silicon photonic crystal nanomembrane reflectors, based on transfer printing technique.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; membranes; nanostructured materials; optical pumping; photonic crystals; printing; quantum well lasers; surface emitting lasers; InGaAs; MR-VCSEL cavity; QW active region; Si; nanomembrane reflectors; optical pumping threshold; photonic crystal nanomembrane lasers; silicon photonic crystal; single-layer Fano resonance; transfer printing; Cavity resonators; Laser excitation; Pump lasers; Silicon; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2012 IEEE 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0826-8
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2012.6324187
