title: Polarization mode control of two-dimensional photonic crystal laser by unit cell structure design.
abstract: We demonstrate polarization mode selection in a two-dimensional (2D) photonic crystal laser by controlling the geometry of the unit cell structure. As the band diagram of the square-lattice photonic crystal is influenced by the unit cell structure, calculations reveal that changing the structure from a circular to an elliptical geometry should result in a strong modification of the electromagnetic field distributions at the band edges. Such a structural modification is expected to provide a mechanism for controlling the polarization modes of the emitted light. A square-lattice photonic crystal with the elliptical unit cell structure has been fabricated and integrated with a gain media. The observed coherent 2D lasing action with a single wavelength and controlled polarization is in good agreement with the predicted behavior.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Yoshida-honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. snoda@kuee.kyoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imada
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chutinan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mochizuki