Continuous Wave On-Chip Lasers Enabled by Colloidal Quantum Dots
Ivo Tanghe a b, Lukas Elsinger a, Suzanne Bisschop a b, Zeger Hens b, Pieter Geiregat b, Dries Van Thourhout a
a Gent University - BE, Krijgslaan 281 - S3, Gent, Belgium
b Gent University - BE, Krijgslaan 281 - S3, Gent, Belgium
Materials for Sustainable Development Conference (MATSUS)
Proceedings of nanoGe Fall Meeting 2018 (NFM18)
S4 Nanophotonics by Nanocrystals
Torremolinos, Spain, 2018 October 22nd - 26th
Organizers: Daniel Vanmaekelbergh and Zeger Hens
Poster, Ivo Tanghe, 307
Publication date: 6th July 2018

Integrated photonic circuits, increasingly based on silicon (-nitride), are at the core of the next generation of low-cost, energy efficient optical devices ranging from on-chip interconnects to biosensors. One of the main bottlenecks in developing such components is that of implementing diverse functionalities on the passive platform, such as light emission and amplification. A possible and promising route is that of hybridization, where a new photonic material is combined with the existing framework to provide a desired functionality. Colloidal quantum dots are perfectly suited for this purpose as they combine low cost synthesis and deposition with the ability to emit an amplify light over a broad spectral range. In this contribution, we highlight the recent advances of this hybrid approach1–3, like the reduction in lasing threshold achieved in recent VSL samples, and creation of quasi-CW lasing operation in DFB laser structures. Furthermore, we tackle several remaining challenges towards practical devices that operate under continuous operation, such as heat generation, broadband amplification and electrical excitation.

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