title: Photonic crystal disk lasers.
abstract: A novel type of nanolasers, which combines the advantages of photonic crystal lasers and microdisk lasers, has been demonstrated based on InAlGaAs/InGaAs quantum wells using pulsed optical pumping at room temperature. It incorporates the properties of small footprint, small mode volume, and submilliwatt threshold, and favors vertical emission. We believe that this type of laser acts as a promising candidate for highly-integrated on-chip nanolasers in applications for signal processing and index sensing.
authors.affiliation: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 9 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA. yinan@seas.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Yinan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hamsen
authors.forename: Jennifer T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Choy
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jae-Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ryou
authors.forename: Russell D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Dupuis
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loncar