Characterization of InAs quantum wires on (001)InP: toward the realization of VCSEL structures with a stabilized polarization

Jean-Michel Lamy (1) , Christophe Levallois (1) , Abdulhadi Nakkar (1) , Philippe Caroff (1) , Cyril Paranthoen (1) , Rozenn Piron (1) , Alain Le Corre (1) , Abderrahim Ramdane (2) , Slimane Loualiche (1)

1 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
2 LPN - Laboratoire de photonique et de nanostructures

We propose a new type of long-wavelength vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) which consists of quantum wires (QWires) layers of InAs/InGaAsP grown on InP(001) and dielectrics Bragg mirrors, in order to control the in plane polarization of output power. QWires and quantum wells growth are performed by molecular beam epitaxy. QWires present a strong photoluminescence dependence to the polarization in contrast to the quantum wells, a polarization rate of 33% is measured. The optically pumped VCSEL is fabricated by metallic bonding, which allows the deposition of two dielectrics Bragg mirrors. The VCSEL with an active region based on InGaAs/InGaAsP quantum wells exhibits a lasing emission at 1.578 µm at room temperature under continuous wave operation. The VCSEL with an active region based on quantum wires shows a luminescence at 1.53 µm strongly polarized along the direction [1-10] which is promising for the stabilization of in plane polarization of VCSEL emission.

Domaines: Science des matériaux [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]; Optique / photonique; Optique [physics.optics]

Jean-Michel Lamy, Christophe Levallois, Abdulhadi Nakkar, Philippe Caroff, Cyril Paranthoen, et al.. Characterization of InAs quantum wires on (001)InP: toward the realization of VCSEL structures with a stabilized polarization. Trends in Nanotechnology 2006, Sep 2006, Grenoble, France. pp.1672-1676, ⟨10.1002/pssa.200675343⟩. ⟨hal-00488399⟩