• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 10, Issue 9, 091404 (2012)
Yongzhen Huang, Jiandong Lin, Qifeng Yao, Xiaomeng Lv, Yuede Yang, Jinlong Xiao, and Yun Du
DOI: 10.3788/col201210.091404 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
Yongzhen Huang, Jiandong Lin, Qifeng Yao, Xiaomeng Lv, Yuede Yang, Jinlong Xiao, Yun Du. AlGaInAs/InP coupled-circular microlasers[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2012, 10(9): 091404 Copy Citation Text show less

Abstract

AlGaInAs/InP coupled-circular microlasers with radius of 10- and 2-μm width middle bus waveguide are fabricated by photolithography and inductively coupled plasma etching techniques. Room-temperature continuous-wave single-mode operation is realized with an output power of 0.17 mW and a side-mode suppression ratio of 23 dB at 45 mA. A longitudinal mode interval of 11 nm is obtained from the lasing spectra, and mode Q factor of 6.2×103 is estimated from 3-dB width of a minor peak near the threshold current. The mode characteristics are simulated by finite-difference time-domain technique for coupled-circular resonators. The results show that, in addition to the coupled modes, high-radial-order whispering gallery modes with travelling wave behaviors can also have high Q factors in the coupled-circular resonators with a middle bus waveguide.
Yongzhen Huang, Jiandong Lin, Qifeng Yao, Xiaomeng Lv, Yuede Yang, Jinlong Xiao, Yun Du. AlGaInAs/InP coupled-circular microlasers[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2012, 10(9): 091404
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