Photonic crystal point-shift nanolasers with and without nanoslots : design, fabrication, lasing and sensing characteristics
| Autor: | Toshihiko Baba, Shota Otsuka, Yuji Saito, Hideki Watanabe, Shota Kita, T. Nakada, Shoji Hachuda, Yoshiki Arita, Kengo Nozaki |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Materials science
business.industry Nanolaser Physics::Optics nanolaser Laser nanoslot Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics law.invention Optical pumping Biophotonics Laser linewidth Optics law Optoelectronics bio-photonics Photonic crystal Electrical and Electronic Engineering business GaInAsP Lasing threshold sensing Doppler broadening |
| Zdroj: | IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics. 17(6):1632-1647 |
| ISSN: | 1077-260X |
| Popis: | GaInAsP photonic crystal (PC) point-shift nanolasers operate at room temperature and under pulsed and continuous-wave condition by photopumping, with an effective threshold of ～1 μW, a single mode peak of over 40 dB, and a small modal volume of -0.2 times the cubic wavelength. We report the details of its design, fabrication process, measurement method, and lasing characteristics. In particular, we reveal that wide spectral broadening often observed for nanolasers under pulsed condition is caused by large thermal chirping. Then, we focus on a nanolaser-based liquid index sensor, which is also applicable to detecting gases and bio-molecules. The dependence of the laser's sensitivity and resolution on the modal profile and spectral linewidth are investigated. We also configure the laser in a large-scale array, and demonstrate spectrometer-free sensor system. Finally, we present a nanoslot nanolaser, which is particularly suitable for further reducing the modal volume and enhancing light-matter interaction and sensor performance. Additionally, we demonstrate that high sensitivity and spectral narrowing by the unique optical confinement in the nanoslot gives rise to. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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