Abstract
Nanolasers built on a photonic crystal platform have generated tremendous interest in the research community driven by their device application potential for on-chip optical interconnects, beam steering, biochemical sensing and quantum information processing. This chapter reviews the optical emission properties of photonic crystal nanolasers with a focus on devices operating with a few or even an individual semiconductor quantum dot as a gain medium. Concepts underlying the design and operation of these devices, as well as recent experimental results and lasing signatures are discussed. A particular focus will be the critical discussion of the 'self-tuned gain' mechanism, which gives rise to quantum-dot mode coupling in the off-resonant case.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Quantum Optics with Semiconductor Nanostructures |
Pages | 186-224 |
Number of pages | 39 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2012 |
Keywords
- Cavity-QED
- Coherence
- Nanolaser
- Photon statistics
- Photonic crystals
- Quantum dots