Excitonic lasing of strain-free InP(As) quantum dots in AlInAs microdisk

  • D. V. Lebedev
  • , M. M. Kulagina
  • , S. I. Troshkov
  • , A. S. Vlasov
  • , V. Y. Davydov
  • , A. N. Smirnov
  • , A. A. Bogdanov
  • , J. L. Merz
  • , J. Kapaldo
  • , A. Gocalinska
  • , G. Juska
  • , S. T. Moroni
  • , E. Pelucchi
  • , D. Barettin
  • , S. Rouvimov
  • , A. M. Mintairov

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Abstract

Formation, emission, and lasing properties of strain-free InP(As)/AlInAs quantum dots (QDs) embedded in AlInAs microdisk (MD) cavity were investigated using transmission electron microscopy and photoluminescence (PL) techniques. In MD structures, the QDs have the nano-pan-cake shape with the height of ∼2 nm, the lateral size of 20-50 nm, and the density of ∼5 × 109 cm−2. Their emission observed at ∼940 nm revealed strong temperature quenching, which points to exciton decomposition. It also showed unexpected type-I character, indicating In-As intermixing as confirmed by band structure calculations. We observed lasing of InP(As) QD excitons into whispering gallery modes in MD having the diameter of ∼3.2 μm and providing a free spectral range of ∼27 nm and quality factors up to Q∼13 000. Threshold of ∼50 W/cm2 and spontaneous emission coupling coefficient of ∼0.2 were measured for this MD-QD system.

Original languageEnglish
Article number121101
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume110
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Mar 2017

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