Disorder Optimizes the Performance of UV Photonic Crystal Laser

Author

Alexey Yamilov, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow
Xiaohua Wu
Hui Cao

Abstract

We demonstrate that effect of unintentional disorder introduced in fabrication process of photonic crystal lasers can help minimize lasing threshold of the device. This allowed us to experimentally realize planar UV photonic crystal laser.

Recommended Citation

A. Yamilov et al., "Disorder Optimizes the Performance of UV Photonic Crystal Laser," Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, Optical Society of America (OSA), Oct 2005.

Meeting Name

Frontiers in Optics (2005: Oct. 16-21, Tucson, AZ)

Department(s)

Physics

Keywords and Phrases

Fabrication Process; Lasing Threshold; Photonic Crystal Laser; Laser Optics

International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

978-1557527974

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

2162-2701

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2005 Optical Society of America (OSA), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Oct 2005