Directional emission and universal far-field behavior from semiconductor lasers with limaçon-shaped microcavity
Author(s) -
Changling Yan,
Qi Jie Wang,
Laurent Diehl,
Martina Hentschel,
Jan Wiersig,
Nanfang Yu,
Christian Pflügl,
Federico Capasso,
Mikhail A. Belkin,
Tadataka Edamura,
Masamichi Yamanishi,
Hirofumi Kan
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
applied physics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182
H-Index - 442
eISSN - 1077-3118
pISSN - 0003-6951
DOI - 10.1063/1.3153276
Subject(s) - semiconductor laser theory , whispering gallery wave , resonator , laser , whispering gallery , near and far field , optics , physics , optoelectronics , quantum well , semiconductor , cascade , q factor , spontaneous emission , beam divergence , laser beam quality , laser beams , chemistry , chromatography
We report experimental demonstration of directional light emission from limacon-shaped microcavity semiconductor lasers. Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) emitting at λ≈10 μm are used as a model system. Both ray optics and wave simulations show that for deformations in the range 0.37
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