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Title: Vertical-cavity in-plane heterostructures: Physics and applications

Abstract

We show that in-plane (lateral) heterostructures realized in vertical cavities with high contrast grating reflectors can be used to significantly modify the anisotropic dispersion curvature, also interpreted as the photon effective mass. This design freedom enables exotic configurations of heterostructures and many interesting applications. The effects of the anisotropic photon effective mass on the mode confinement, mode spacing, and transverse modes are investigated. As a possible application, the method of boosting the speed of diode lasers by engineering the photon-photon resonance is discussed. Based on this platform, we propose a system of two laterally coupled cavities, which shows the breaking of parity-time symmetry in vertical cavity structures.

Authors:
; ;  [1]
  1. Department of Photonics Engineering (DTU Fotonik), Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby (Denmark)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22485982
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 107; Journal Issue: 18; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ANISOTROPY; CONFIGURATION; CONFINEMENT; DESIGN; DISPERSIONS; EFFECTIVE MASS; GRATINGS; LASERS; PARITY; PHOTONS; RESONANCE; SYMMETRY

Citation Formats

Taghizadeh, Alireza, Mørk, Jesper, and Chung, Il-Sug. Vertical-cavity in-plane heterostructures: Physics and applications. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4935084.
Taghizadeh, Alireza, Mørk, Jesper, & Chung, Il-Sug. Vertical-cavity in-plane heterostructures: Physics and applications. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4935084
Taghizadeh, Alireza, Mørk, Jesper, and Chung, Il-Sug. 2015. "Vertical-cavity in-plane heterostructures: Physics and applications". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4935084.
@article{osti_22485982,
title = {Vertical-cavity in-plane heterostructures: Physics and applications},
author = {Taghizadeh, Alireza and Mørk, Jesper and Chung, Il-Sug},
abstractNote = {We show that in-plane (lateral) heterostructures realized in vertical cavities with high contrast grating reflectors can be used to significantly modify the anisotropic dispersion curvature, also interpreted as the photon effective mass. This design freedom enables exotic configurations of heterostructures and many interesting applications. The effects of the anisotropic photon effective mass on the mode confinement, mode spacing, and transverse modes are investigated. As a possible application, the method of boosting the speed of diode lasers by engineering the photon-photon resonance is discussed. Based on this platform, we propose a system of two laterally coupled cavities, which shows the breaking of parity-time symmetry in vertical cavity structures.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4935084},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22485982}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 18,
volume = 107,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}