Designing and understanding directional emission from spiral microlasers

doi:10.1364/OL.34.000163

Designing and understanding directional emission from spiral microlasers

Martina Hentschel and Tae-Yoon Kwon »View Author Affiliations

Optics Letters, Vol. 34, Issue 2, pp. 163-165 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.34.000163

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The availability of microlasers with highly directional far-field characteristics is crucial for future applications. To this end we study the far-field emission of active microcavities with a spiral shape using the Schrödinger–Bloch model. We find that they can provide directional emission under the conditions of (i) pumping along the resonator boundary and (ii) for specific resonator geometries. We systematically study the far-field characteristics under variation of the pumped area and the cavity geometry and identify a directionality optimized regime. Our results consistently explain previously obtained experimental results.

OCIS Codes
(140.1540) Lasers and laser optics : Chaos
(140.3410) Lasers and laser optics : Laser resonators
(140.3945) Lasers and laser optics : Microcavities

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Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: September 29, 2008
Revised Manuscript: November 25, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: November 29, 2008
Published: January 13, 2009

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Martina Hentschel and Tae-Yoon Kwon, "Designing and understanding directional emission from spiral microlasers," Opt. Lett. 34, 163-165 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-34-2-163

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S. L. McCall, A. F. J. Levi, R. E. Slusher, S. J. Pearton, and R. A. Logan, Appl. Phys. Lett. 60, 289 (1992). [CrossRef]
R.K.Chang and A.J.Campillo, eds., Optical Processes in Microcavities (World Scientific, 1996). [CrossRef]
K.J.Vahala, ed., Optical Microcavities (World Scientific, 2004). [CrossRef]
G. D. Chern, H. E. Tureci, A. Douglas Stone, R. K. Chang, M. Kneissl, and N. M. Johnson, Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 1710 (2003). [CrossRef]
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M. Hentschel, T.-Y. Kwon, M. A. Belkin, R. Audet, and F. Capasso, “Characteristics of quantum cascade spiral microlasers: a consistent picture in terms of rays, waves, and experiments,” (submitted to Opt. Express).
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Audet, R.
Baillargeon, J. N.
Belkin, M. A.
Ben-Messaoud, T.
Bour, D.
Capasso, F.
Chang, R. K.
Chern, G. D.
Cho, A. Y.
Cho, J.
Choi, M.
Corzine, S.
Douglas Stone, A.
Fan, J. A.
Fujii, A.
Gmachl, C.
Harayama, T.
Hentschel, M.
Höfler, G.
Ikeda, K.
Johnson, N. M.
Kim, Ch.-M.
Kim, J. H.
Kneissl, M.
Kwon, T.-Y.
Lee, B. G.
Lee, J.
Lee, S. H.
Lee, S.-Y.
Levi, A. F. J.
Lin, K.
Logan, R. A.
McCall, S. L.
Miyashita, N.
Narimanov, E. E.
Nishimura, T.
Oh, K. R.
Ozaki, M.
Pearton, S. J.
Rim, S.
Ryu, J.-W.
Slusher, R. E.
Sunada, S.
Teepe, M.
Tureci, H. E.
Wiersig, J.
Yoshida, Y.
Yoshino, K.
Zhu, J.
Zyss, J.

Appl. Phys. Lett.

G. D. Chern, H. E. Tureci, A. Douglas Stone, R. K. Chang, M. Kneissl, and N. M. Johnson, Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 1710 (2003). [CrossRef]
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T. Ben-Messaoud and J. Zyss, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 241110 (2005). [CrossRef]
S. L. McCall, A. F. J. Levi, R. E. Slusher, S. J. Pearton, and R. A. Logan, Appl. Phys. Lett. 60, 289 (1992). [CrossRef]
Ch.-M. Kim, J. Cho, J. Lee, S. Rim, S. H. Lee, K. R. Oh, and J. H. Kim, Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 131110 (2008). [CrossRef]
R. Audet, M. A. Belkin, J. A. Fan, B. G. Lee, K. Lin, F. Capasso, E. E. Narimanov, D. Bour, S. Corzine, J. Zhu, and G. Höfler, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 131106 (2007). [CrossRef]

Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. Part 2

A. Fujii, T. Nishimura, Y. Yoshida, K. Yoshino, and M. Ozaki, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. Part 2 44, L1091 (2005). [CrossRef]

Opt. Lett.

C. Gmachl, E. E. Narimanov, F. Capasso, J. N. Baillargeon, and A. Y. Cho, Opt. Lett. 27, 824 (2002). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. A

T. Harayama, S. Sunada, and K. Ikeda, Phys. Rev. A 72, 013803 (2005). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. E

S. Sunada, T. Harayama, and K. Ikeda, Phys. Rev. E 71, 046209 (2005). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

S.-Y. Lee, S. Rim, J.-W. Ryu, T.-Y. Kwon, M. Choi, and Ch.-M. Kim, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 164102 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
J. Wiersig and M. Hentschel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 033901 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Other

M. Hentschel, T.-Y. Kwon, M. A. Belkin, R. Audet, and F. Capasso, “Characteristics of quantum cascade spiral microlasers: a consistent picture in terms of rays, waves, and experiments,” (submitted to Opt. Express).
R.K.Chang and A.J.Campillo, eds., Optical Processes in Microcavities (World Scientific, 1996). [CrossRef]
K.J.Vahala, ed., Optical Microcavities (World Scientific, 2004). [CrossRef]

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[1] S. L. McCall, A. F. J. Levi, R. E. Slusher, S. J. Pearton, and R. A. Logan, Appl. Phys. Lett. 60, 289 (1992). [CrossRef]

[2] R.K.Chang and A.J.Campillo, eds., Optical Processes in Microcavities (World Scientific, 1996). [CrossRef]

[3] K.J.Vahala, ed., Optical Microcavities (World Scientific, 2004). [CrossRef]

[4] G. D. Chern, H. E. Tureci, A. Douglas Stone, R. K. Chang, M. Kneissl, and N. M. Johnson, Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 1710 (2003). [CrossRef]

[5] M. Kneissl, M. Teepe, N. Miyashita, N. M. Johnson, G. D. Chern, and R. K. Chang, Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 2485 (2004). [CrossRef]

[6] T. Ben-Messaoud and J. Zyss, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 241110 (2005). [CrossRef]

[7] A. Fujii, T. Nishimura, Y. Yoshida, K. Yoshino, and M. Ozaki, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. Part 2 44, L1091 (2005). [CrossRef]

[8] Ch.-M. Kim, J. Cho, J. Lee, S. Rim, S. H. Lee, K. R. Oh, and J. H. Kim, Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 131110 (2008). [CrossRef]

[9] R. Audet, M. A. Belkin, J. A. Fan, B. G. Lee, K. Lin, F. Capasso, E. E. Narimanov, D. Bour, S. Corzine, J. Zhu, and G. Höfler, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 131106 (2007). [CrossRef]

[10] M. Hentschel, T.-Y. Kwon, M. A. Belkin, R. Audet, and F. Capasso, “Characteristics of quantum cascade spiral microlasers: a consistent picture in terms of rays, waves, and experiments,” (submitted to Opt. Express).

[11] C. Gmachl, E. E. Narimanov, F. Capasso, J. N. Baillargeon, and A. Y. Cho, Opt. Lett. 27, 824 (2002). [CrossRef]

[12] J. Wiersig and M. Hentschel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 033901 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[13] T. Harayama, S. Sunada, and K. Ikeda, Phys. Rev. A 72, 013803 (2005). [CrossRef]

[14] S. Sunada, T. Harayama, and K. Ikeda, Phys. Rev. E 71, 046209 (2005). [CrossRef]

[15] S.-Y. Lee, S. Rim, J.-W. Ryu, T.-Y. Kwon, M. Choi, and Ch.-M. Kim, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 164102 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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