Optically Pumped UVC Photonic Crystal Surface-Emitting Laser

• Photonic crystal surface-emitting lasers (PCSELs) are a new type of semiconductor lasers that offer a high optical output power while maintaining single-mode operation and a low divergence angle. Such devices rely upon the in-plane optical feedback from a two-dimensional photonic crystal and feature out-of-plane emission of the modes with zero group velocity at the photonic band edges by diffraction. Since the demonstration of the first PCSEL [1], the concept has been implemented in standard semiconductor materials with the demonstration of highperforming infrared and blue-emitting lasers [2, 3]. Extending the laser operation to shorter emission wavelengths would be a major breakthrough as such lasers would be of high interest for disinfection, material processing, curing, and medical treatments.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Atom- och molekylfysik och optik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Annan fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Other Physics Topics (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Nanoteknik -- Nanoteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Nano-technology -- Nano-technology (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Nanoteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Nano-technology (hsv//eng)

Keyword

UV laser diode

Photonic crystal

PCSEL

surface-emitting lasers

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