Title :
Chaotic Microcavity Lasers
Author :
Cao, Hui ; Fang, Wei ; Solomon, Glenn S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL
Abstract :
In this talk, we demonstrate that the lasing threshold in a semiconductor microstadium can be minimized by tuning its shape. Contrary to common expectation, modes of such a completely open fully chaotic microcavity may have long lifetime. As the dielectric microstadium represents a completely open fully chaotic cavity, this work opens the door to control chaotic microcavity lasers by tailoring its shape
Keywords :
laser beams; laser modes; microcavity lasers; optical chaos; semiconductor lasers; chaotic microcavity laser; lasing threshold; semiconductor microstadium; shape tuning; Chaos; Laser modes; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Microcavities; Orbits; Physics; Pump lasers; Q factor; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.278938
