• DocumentCode
    499654
  • Title

    Decimated cavity photonic crystal membrane lasers

  • Author

    Long, Christopher M. ; Giannopolous, Antonios V. ; Choquette, Kent D.

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report photonic crystal membrane nanolasers which employ a decimated photonic crystal cavity. Optically pumped lasing is achieved in decimated linear and star cavities showing that nonperiodic yet symmetric lattice structures provide sufficient optical confinement.
  • Keywords
    laser cavity resonators; nanophotonics; optical lattices; optical materials; optical pumping; photonic crystals; semiconductor lasers; cavity photonic crystal; nanolaser; optical confinement; optically pumping; semiconductor membrane laser; symmetric lattice structure; Biomembranes; Laser modes; Lattices; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Photonic crystals; Pump lasers; Q factor; Resonance; Thermal conductivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5224896