• DocumentCode
    1771139
  • Title

    Capsule-shaped metallic-cavity laser with reduced plasmonic loss

  • Author

    Baifu Zhang ; Okimoto, Takuya ; Tanemura, Takuo ; Nakano, Yoshiaki

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Inf. Syst., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We propose novel 1.55-μm capsule-shaped metallic-cavity lasers with curved facets to reduce plasmonic losses. Significant reduction of threshold current from 291 μA to 60 μA is demonstrated with effective modal volume of 0.45 μm3.
  • Keywords
    laser cavity resonators; optical losses; plasmonics; capsule-shaped metallic-cavity laser; current 291 muA to 60 muA; curved facets; effective modal volume; reduced plasmonic loss; threshold current; wavelength 1.55 mum; Cavity resonators; Laser modes; Plasmons; Q-factor; Semiconductor lasers; Threshold current;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989282