Semiconductor Nanolasers

A unique and comprehensive resource covering the fundamentals of nanolasers, with details of design, fabrication, and applications.

Qing Gu (Author), Yeshaiahu Fainman (Author)

9781107110489, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 16 February 2017

332 pages, 194 b/w illus. 14 tables
18 x 25.3 x 18 cm, 0.8 kg

'This introduction to the growing literature on nanolaser is self-contained, and sufficiently user-friendly. … Although not conceived as a textbook, parts of the monograph would be suitable for courses in photonics or quantum electronics. … The authors are experts in this topical area and also have produced a substantial body of collaborative work. That history may well be at the heart of the impressive thematic, conceptual, and editorial coherence of the text.' Richard F. Haglund, Jr, MRS Bulletin

This unique resource explains the fundamental physics of semiconductor nanolasers, and provides detailed insights into their design, fabrication, characterization, and applications. Topics covered range from the theoretical treatment of the underlying physics of nanoscale phenomena, such as temperature dependent quantum effects and active medium selection, to practical design aspects, including the multi-physics cavity design that extends beyond pure electromagnetic consideration, thermal management and performance optimization, and nanoscale device fabrication and characterization techniques. The authors also discuss technological applications of semiconductor nanolasers in areas such as photonic integrated circuits and sensing. Providing a comprehensive overview of the field, detailed design and analysis procedures, a thorough investigation of important applications, and insights into future trends, this is essential reading for graduate students, researchers, and professionals in optoelectronics, applied photonics, physics, nanotechnology, and materials science.

1. Introduction
2. Photonic mode metal-dielectric-metal based nanolasers
3. Purcell effect and the evaluation of Purcell and spontaneous emission factors
4. Plasmonic mode metal-dielectric-metal based nanolasers
5. Antenna-inspired nano-patch lasers
6. Active medium for semiconductor nanolasers: MQW vs. bulk gain
7. Electrically pumped nanolasers
8. Multi-physics design for nanolasers
9. Cavity-free nanolaser
10. Beyond nanolasers: inversionless exciton-polariton microlaser
11. Application of nanolasers: photonic integrated circuits and other applications.

Subject Areas: Applied optics [TTB], Electronic devices & materials [TJFD], Circuits & components [TJFC], Electronics engineering [TJF], Electronics & communications engineering [TJ], Electrical engineering [THR], Materials science [TGM], Nanotechnology [TBN], Physics [PH]