Metal-Cavity Surface-Emitting Microlasers With Size Reduction: Theory and Experiment

Author

Chien-Yao Lu ; Chi-Yu Ni ; Meng Zhang ; Shun Lien Chuang ; Bimberg, Dieter H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA

Volume

19

Issue

5

fYear

2013

fDate

Sept.-Oct. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

9

Abstract

A theoretical model for a metal-cavity surface-emitting microlaser is presented and the results are compared with experimental data. The model provides feasibility of size reduction below λ₀³. The design rules are based on the Fabry-Perot formulation. Experimental demonstration of size reduction is presented using submonolayer quantum-dot-based devices. The size-dependent characteristics are investigated. We show an excellent agreement between theoretical results and experiment data.

Keywords

micro-optics; quantum dot lasers; surface emitting lasers; Fabry-Perot formulation; metal-cavity surface-emitting microlasers; submonolayer quantum-dot-based devices; Cavity resonators; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Indexes; Materials; Optical waveguides; Surface emitting lasers; Metal-cavity; optical interconnect; semiconductor lasers; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2013.2247027

Filename

6461381