Record performance of electrical injection sub-wavelength metallic-cavity semiconductor lasers at room temperature

K. Ding, M. T. Hill, Z. C. Liu, L. J. Yin, P. J. Van Veldhoven, Cun-Zheng Ning

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Abstract

We demonstrate a continuous wave (CW) sub-wavelength metallic-cavity semiconductor laser with electrical injection at room temperature (RT). Our metal-cavity laser with a cavity volume of 0.67a;3 (a; = 1591 nm) shows a linewidth of 0.5 nm at RT, which corresponds to a Q-value of 3182 compared to 235 of the cavity Q, the highest Q under lasing condition for RT CW operation of any sub-wavelength metallic-cavity laser. Such record performance provides convincing evidences of the feasibility of RT CW sub-wavelength metallic-cavity lasers, thus opening a wide range of practical possibilities of novel nanophotonic devices based on metal-semiconductor structures.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)4728-4733
Number of pages6
JournalOptics Express
Volume21
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 25 2013

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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