Experimental demonstration of a Fano laser based on photonic crystals

Yi Yu; Elizaveta Semenova; Kresten Yvind; Jesper Mørk

doi:10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2017.8086360

Experimental demonstration of a Fano laser based on photonic crystals

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Abstract

Conventional semiconductor laser mirrors are based on Fresnel reflection [1], Bragg reflection [2, 3] or total internal reflection [4]. Here we demonstrate a new laser concept using photonic crystals (PhC), with a mirror based on Fano interference between a waveguide continuum and a discrete resonance of a nanocavity [5]. We show that the very narrowband feature of the Fano resonance [6] can lead to single mode lasing. In addition, when combined with optical nonlinearity, the highly dispersive feature of the Fano resonance can promote self-pulsations at gigahertz frequencies [7], which was previously observed only in macroscopic lasers [8].

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference
Number of pages	1
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	2017
Pages	1-1
ISBN (Print)	9781509067367
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2017.8086360
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	The 2017 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - Munich, Germany Duration: 25 Jun 2017 → 29 Jun 2017 http://www.cleoeurope.org/

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Conference	The 2017 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Munich
Period	25/06/2017 → 29/06/2017
Internet address	http://www.cleoeurope.org/

Keywords

Laser modes
Laser excitation
Laser theory
Waveguide lasers
Mirrors
Measurement by laser beam
Photonic crystals

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Yu, Y , Semenova, E , Yvind, K & Mørk, J 2017, Experimental demonstration of a Fano laser based on photonic crystals. in 2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference. IEEE, pp. 1-1, The 2017 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, 25/06/2017. https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2017.8086360

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Experimental demonstration of a Fano laser based on photonic crystals

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