Gmachl C, Capasso F, Narimanov EE, Nockel JU, Stone AD, Faist J, Sivco DL, Cho AY. High-power directional emission from microlasers with chaotic resonators.
Science 1998;
280:1556-64. [PMID:
9616111 DOI:
10.1126/science.280.5369.1556]
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Abstract
High-power and highly directional semiconductor microcylinder lasers based on an optical resonator with deformed cross section are reported. In the favorable directions of the far-field, a power increase of up to three orders of magnitude over the conventional circularly symmetric lasers was obtained. A "bow-tie"-shaped resonance is responsible for the improved performance of the lasers in the higher range of deformations, in contrast to "whispering-gallery"-type modes of circular and weakly deformed lasers. This resonator design, although demonstrated here in midinfrared quantum-cascade lasers, should be applicable to any laser based on semiconductors or other high-refractive index materials.
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