Abstract

Narrow waveguides consisting of a single defect-line (W1) in a square lattice photonic crystal are fabricated on InP using the substrate approach. A single-mode distributed-feedback laser emission is obtained under optical pumping at room temperature. Lasing occurs at the second folding point of the dispersion curve of the fundamental waveguide mode (wave vector k=0). The emitted wavelength ranges from 1420to1580nm for a lattice period varying from 460to520nm and a constant air filling factor of ∼26%. The highly monomode behavior is explained using two-dimensional plane-wave models. Similar experiments conducted on triangular lattice W1 waveguides do not yield a laser emission. Three-dimensional simulations confirm that triangular lattice W1 waveguides suffer higher losses than their square homologues.

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