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Efficient terahertz room-temperature photonic crystal nanocavity laser

Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 071126 (2007); doi:10.1063/1.2770767

Published 17 August 2007

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Dirk Englund
Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

Hatice Altug
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215

Ilya Fushman and Jelena Vučković
Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
The authors describe an efficient surface-passivated photonic crystal nanocavity laser, demonstrating room-temperature operation with 3  ps pulse duration (detector response limited) and low-temperature operation with an ultralow threshold of 9  µW. ©2007 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 3 May 2007; accepted 20 July 2007; published 17 August 2007
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KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords
PACS
  • 42.55.Tv
    Photonic crystal lasers and coherent effects
  • 42.55.Sa
    Microcavity and microdisk lasers
  • 42.55.Rz
    Doped-insulator lasers and other solid state lasers
  • 42.60.By
    Design of specific laser systems
  • 42.60.Da
    Laser resonators, cavities, amplifiers, arrays, and rings
  • YEAR: 2007

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