Title :
Sapphire-bonded photonic Crystal microcavity lasers and their far-field radiation patterns
Author :
Cao, J.R. ; Wan Kuang ; Zhi-Jian Wei ; Sang-Jun Choi ; Haixia Yu ; Bagheri, M. ; O´Brien, J.D. ; Dapkus, P.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Electrophys., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
Room-temperature continuous-wave lasing was demonstrated in photonic crystal microcavities with diameters of approximately 3.2 μm. Far-field radiation patterns of these lasers were experimentally measured and compared with numerical simulation predictions.
Keywords :
Green´s function methods; finite difference time-domain analysis; microcavity lasers; photonic crystals; sapphire; semiconductor lasers; 20 degC; 3.2 mum; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/; Green function; InGaAsP-Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/; continuous-wave lasing; far-field radiation patterns; finite-difference time-domain methods; goniometry; laser modes; laser resonators; microcavity laser; photonic crystal laser; photonic crystal microcavities; room-temperature lasing; sapphire-bonded laser; semiconductor lasers; Electron beams; Finite difference methods; Laser modes; Microcavities; Photonic crystals; Semiconductor lasers; Substrates; Surface emitting lasers; Temperature; Time domain analysis; Continuous-wave (CW) lasers; far field; finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) methods; goniometry; green function; laser modes; laser resonators; microcavity; near field; photonic crystal; room temperature; semiconductor lasers;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2004.837245
