Encapsulation for efficient electrical injection of photonic crystal defect mode surface-emitting lasers
Abstract
We propose and report an encapsulated photonic crystal concept for efficient electrical injection of
photonic crystal surface-emitting lasers. Detailed rate equation analysis reveals a significant
threshold current reduction by minimizing the surface-state-induced carrier loss. The impact of
encapsulation on the photonic band gap is discussed for different encapsulation conditions.
Experimental results on encapsulation process are reported, based on nanoparticle self-assembly.
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