Directional single mode emission in a microcavity laser

Opt Express. 2012 Jun 18;20(13):13651-6. doi: 10.1364/OE.20.013651.

Abstract

We report directional single mode emission in an InGaAsP semiconductor microcavity laser, which is composed of a circle and an isosceles trapezoid. When exciting a whole cavity, the laser generates a single mode without hopping in two directions over a wide range of continuous injection currents. In the emission spectrum, it is confirmed from the equidistant mode spacing that a scar mode becomes a single lasing mode above the lasing threshold. A numerical analysis of the boundary element method shows that the far-field pattern of the resonance agrees well with that of the experiment.

MeSH terms

  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Lasers*
  • Light
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • Semiconductors*