2018/10/29 by Wanwoo Noh, Matthieu Dupré, Noh, Wanwoo +7
Engineering · #Applied Physics (physics.app-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Optical Coherence Tomography Applications #Optics (physics.optics) #Photonic and Optical Devices #Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1812.03805
openalex publication_date 2018/10/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Miniature semiconductor lasers have attracted a large amount of interest owing to their potential as highly integrated components in photonic circuits or in sensors. Particularly, microdisk lasers exploiting whispering gallery modes have been regarded as an important candidate because of their relatively small footprint and low threshold. However, it has been challenging for microdisk to operate under single mode operation and to lase in a preselected mode. We report subwavelength microdisk resonators suspended in air with connecting bridges and propose a simple method using the number and symmetry of bridges to enhance or reduce wave confinement in the whispering gallery cavity. Moreover, a suitable choice of bridges increases the quality factor of microdisks compared to microdisks resonator without bridges. Using this method, we demonstrate single mode lasing of preselected modes at telecommunication wavelength.