Coherent waveguide laser arrays in semiconductor quantum well membranes

Autor: Jonathan R. C. Woods, Jon Gorecki, Roman Bek, Stephen C. Richardson, Jake Daykin, Grace Hooper, Emelia Branagan-Harris, Anne C. Tropper, James S. Wilkinson, Michael Jetter, Peter Michler, Vasilis Apostolopoulos
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Optics express. 30(18)
ISSN: 1094-4087
Popis: Coherent laser arrays compatible with silicon photonics are demonstrated in a waveguide geometry in epitaxially grown semiconductor membrane quantum well lasers transferred on substrates of silicon carbide and oxidised silicon; we record lasing thresholds as low as 60 mW of pump power. We study the emission of single lasers and arrays of lasers in the sub-mm range. We are able to create waveguide laser arrays with modal widths of approximately 5 − 10 µm separated by 10 − 20 µm, using real and reciprocal space imaging we study their emission characteristics and find that they maintain their mutual coherence while operating on either single or multiple longitudinal modes per lasing cavity.
Databáze: OpenAIRE