InAs quantum-dots laser utilizing GaAs W1 type photonic-crystal slab line-defect waveguide

Abstract

Photonic crystals are very suitable for controlling radiation field and propagation characterization of light. As an important application, it is ultra compact and ultrafast optical integrated circuits (OIC) based on photonic crystals slab waveguides (PC-WGs) composing of the line-defects [1, 2]. The PC-WG is also attractive for laser lasing, because very small group velocity of near the Brillouin zone (BZ) edge should enhance interactions between the radiation field and matter. Indeed, the lasing spectrum has been observed from optically pumped InAs-quantum dots (InAs-QDs) embedded in PC-WG of the multimode W3 type (three rows missing line-defect) [3]. In the present study, we observe laser action in InAs-QDs PC-WG of the single-mode W1 type (single row missing line-defect).