• DocumentCode
    2886755
  • Title

    Investigation of ultrasmall volume microdisk cavities with embedded quantum dots

  • Author

    Srinivasan, Kartik ; Michael, Christopher P. ; Borselli, Matthew ; Painter, Oskar ; Stintz, Andreas ; Krishna, Sanjay

  • Author_Institution
    Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Lab. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Ultrasmall volume (Veff ~ 2(lambda/n)3), fiber-coupled microdisks with embedded quantum dots are studied. Quality factors > 105, laser thresholds of ~ 1 muW, and differential (out-coupling) efficiencies of 16% (28%) are measured, and a spontaneous emission factor of 16% is estimated.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; laser cavity resonators; microdisc lasers; quantum dot lasers; spontaneous emission; QD laser; embedded quantum dots; fiber-coupled microdisks; laser threshold; spontaneous emission; ultrasmall volume microdisk cavity; Fiber lasers; Finite element methods; Laser modes; Optical fibers; Optical resonators; Q factor; Quantum dot lasers; Quantum dots; Semiconductor lasers; Spontaneous emission; (140.5960) Semiconductor Lasers; (230.5750) Resonators; (270.0270) Quantum Optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629160
  • Filename
    4629160