Title :
All-semiconductor nanolasers on silicon
Author :
Chen, Roger ; Tran, Thai-Truong D. ; Ng, Kar Wei ; Ko, Wai Son ; Chuang, Linus C. ; Sedgwick, Forrest G. ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
We realize room-temperature operation of nanolasers using helically-propagating modes supported by InGaAs nanopillars grown on silicon. These cavity modes provide strong optical confinement and feedback despite low index contrast between the nanopillar and silicon substrate.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; laser cavity resonators; laser feedback; laser modes; nanophotonics; semiconductor lasers; InGaAs-Si; Si; all-semiconductor nanolasers; cavity modes; helically-propagating modes; index contrast; nanopillars; optical confinement; optical feedback; silicon substrate; temperature 293 K to 298 K;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698966
