Mode emission properties of semiconductor micro-disk and micro-ring lasers

Abstract

We have successfully fabricated optically pumped semiconductor micro-disk and micro-ring lasers under the InGaAsP/InGaAs system at the 1.5 mu m wavelength and under the InGaP/InGaAlP system at the 0.66 mu m wavelength. The spontaneous emission factor beta of these micro-lasers is estimated directly from their output-pump curves and its dependence on the cavity volume is verified. Interesting phenomena regarding the far-field emission pattern and lasing linewidth of these micro-cavity lasers are experimentally observed and theoretically studied.