Room temperature, continuous wave lasing in microcylinder and microring quantum dot laser diodes

M. Munsch; J. Claudon; N. S. Malik; K. Gilbert; P. Grosse; J. -M. Gerard; F. Albert; F. Langer; T. Schlereth; M. M. Pieczarka; Sven Höfling; M. Kamp; A. Forchel; S. Reitzenstein

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Room temperature, continuous wave lasing in microcylinder and microring quantum dot laser diodes

M. Munsch^*, J. Claudon, N. S. Malik, K. Gilbert, P. Grosse, J. -M. Gerard, F. Albert, F. Langer, T. Schlereth, M. M. Pieczarka, Sven Höfling, M. Kamp, A. Forchel, S. Reitzenstein

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Abstract

We demonstrate room temperature, continuous wave lasing of laser diodes based on AlGaAs whispering gallery mode (WGM) resonators (microcylinder and microring) embedding a quantum dot (QD) active layer. Using InGaAlAs QDs, high-Q (>60 000) lasing modes are observed around 910 nm, up to 50 degrees C. Lasing with similar performance is obtained around 1230 nm, using InAs QDs. Furthermore, we show that the current injection in the active part of the device is improved in ring resonators, leading to threshold currents of approximately 4 mA for a device with 80 mu m diameter. This geometry also suppresses WGMs with a high radial order, thus simplifying the lasing spectra. In these conditions, stable single-mode and two-color lasing can be obtained. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3678031]

Original language	English
Article number	031111
Number of pages	4
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	100
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3678031
Publication status	Published - 16 Jan 2012

Keywords

WHISPERING-GALLERY MODES
MICRODISK LASERS
THRESHOLD CURRENT
OPTICAL LOSS
EMISSION
MICROCAVITIES
OPERATION
SILICON
DESIGN

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Munsch, M., Claudon, J., Malik, N. S., Gilbert, K., Grosse, P., Gerard, J. .-M., Albert, F., Langer, F., Schlereth, T., Pieczarka, M. M., Höfling, S., Kamp, M., Forchel, A., & Reitzenstein, S. (2012). Room temperature, continuous wave lasing in microcylinder and microring quantum dot laser diodes. Applied Physics Letters, 100(3), Article 031111. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3678031

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Room temperature, continuous wave lasing in microcylinder and microring quantum dot laser diodes

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