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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 20, Iss. 28 — Dec. 31, 2012
  • pp: 29472–29478

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Microlaser based on a hybrid structure of a semiconductor nanowire and a silica microdisk cavity

Guanzhong Wang, Xiaoshun Jiang, Mingxiao Zhao, Yaoguang Ma, Huibo Fan, Qing Yang, Limin Tong, and Min Xiao  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 28, pp. 29472-29478 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.029472


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Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate a hybrid structure microlaser on chip with a single CdSe nanowire attached to a high-Q silica microdisk cavity at room temperature. When pumped by a 532 nm pulse laser, both single-longitudinal mode and multi-longitudinal mode lasers with linewidth of 0.18 nm are obtained from the hybrid structure with a 58-µm-diameter microdisk and a 250-nm diameter nanowire. The measured lasing threshold of the microlaser is as low as 100 μJ/cm2.

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OCIS Codes
(140.5960) Lasers and laser optics : Semiconductor lasers
(140.3945) Lasers and laser optics : Microcavities

ToC Category:
Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: September 21, 2012
Revised Manuscript: December 7, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: December 11, 2012
Published: December 19, 2012

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Guanzhong Wang, Xiaoshun Jiang, Mingxiao Zhao, Yaoguang Ma, Huibo Fan, Qing Yang, Limin Tong, and Min Xiao, "Microlaser based on a hybrid structure of a semiconductor nanowire and a silica microdisk cavity," Opt. Express 20, 29472-29478 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-28-29472


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