Title :
Capsule-shaped metallic-cavity laser with reduced plasmonic loss
Author :
Baifu Zhang ; Okimoto, Takuya ; Tanemura, Takuo ; Nakano, Yoshiaki
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Inf. Syst., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We propose novel 1.55-μm capsule-shaped metallic-cavity lasers with curved facets to reduce plasmonic losses. Significant reduction of threshold current from 291 μA to 60 μA is demonstrated with effective modal volume of 0.45 μm3.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; optical losses; plasmonics; capsule-shaped metallic-cavity laser; current 291 muA to 60 muA; curved facets; effective modal volume; reduced plasmonic loss; threshold current; wavelength 1.55 mum; Cavity resonators; Laser modes; Plasmons; Q-factor; Semiconductor lasers; Threshold current;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA