• DocumentCode
    2738722
  • Title

    Nanopillar lasers on silicon

  • Author

    Chang-Hasnain, Connie ; Chen, Roger ; Tran, Thai-Truong D. ; Ng, Kar Wei ; Ko, Wai Son

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    10-12 Jan. 2011
  • Firstpage
    27
  • Lastpage
    28
  • Abstract
    Subwavelegnth-sized nanolasers are achieved with InGaAs nanopillars monolithically grown on silicon using low-temperature MOCVD. The resonators support helically-propagating cavity modes providing strong feedback despite a very low index contrast with the silicon substrate.
  • Keywords
    MOCVD; integrated optics; laser cavity resonators; laser feedback; light propagation; nanophotonics; semiconductor lasers; InGaAs; Si; helically-propagating cavity modes; laser feedback; laser resonators; low index contrast; low-temperature MOCVD; monolithically grown nanolasers; subwavelegnth-sized nanopillar lasers; Cavity resonators; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Pump lasers; Silicon; System-on-a-chip;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Winter Topicals (WTM), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Keystone, CO
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8428-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHOTWTM.2011.5730029
  • Filename
    5730029