ABSTRACT
We have fabricated three-dimensional (3D) photonic quantum ring lasers with an equilateral triangle microcavity. Their spectra were well explained by combining the off-normal resonance and hexagonally bounced in-plane whispering-gallery-mode condition. The angular distribution of the emission modes and their discrete wavelengths were shown to be in excellent agreement with a 3D Rayleigh Fabry-Perot model. We confirmed that the allowed modes in the equilateral triangle microcavity decrease by decreasing the length of equilateral triangle side, L, and the spectral mode spacing linearly increases with the mode index m and is inversely proportional to L2.
ABSTRACT
The emission spectra of photonic-quantum-ring lasers can be explained by a three-dimensional Rayleigh-Fabry-Perot cavity resonance model. The proposed model for the emission spectral peaks fits well with the observed blueshift of the emission spectrum envelope as a function of the view angle. Furthermore, we observe that the emission spectra with the high-order mode index showed blueshift behaviors as functions of the injection current, whereas those with the low-order mode index showed redshift behaviors. These phenomena might result in lowering the effective refractive index by the carrier inhomogeneity in the active disk.
