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纳米线激光器中自诱导的超快电子-空穴等离子体温度振荡

Self-induced ultrafast electron-hole plasma temperature oscillations in nanowire lasers

Andreas Thurn, Jochen Bissinger, Stefan Meinecke, Paul Schmiedeke, Sang Soon Oh, Weng W. Chow, Kathy Lüdge, Gregor Koblmüller, Jonathan J. Finley

AI总结:

本研究结合实验与理论探究低温下GaAs-AlGaAs核壳纳米线激光器的动力学,发现160-260GHz的持续强度振荡源于电子-空穴等离子体温度的自诱导振荡,为片上纳米激光器的超快调制提供新方向。

摘要:

纳米线激光器可单片式、位点选择性地集成到硅光子电路上。为充分评估其在超快光电器件中的潜力,深入理解其激光动力学至关重要。然而,其谐振腔几何结构所起的作用,以及介导光子、电子和声子子系统间能量交换的微观过程,在很大程度上仍未被探究。本文采用实验与理论相结合的方法,研究了低温下GaAs-AlGaAs核-壳结构纳米线激光器的动力学特性。结果表明,这类NW(纳米线)激光器呈现出持续的强度振荡,频率范围为160 GHz至260 GHz。我们确定其底层物理机制为自诱导的电子-空穴等离子体温度振荡,该振荡源于光生载流子加热与声子散射冷却之间的动态竞争。这类动力学特性与激光模式和增益材料间的强相互作用密切相关,而这种强相互作用源自激光器的波长级尺寸。我们预计,本研究结果可为片上集成纳米级半导体激光器的超快强度和相位调制提供新的思路。

英文摘要:

Nanowire lasers can be monolithically and site-selectively integrated onto silicon photonic circuits. To assess their full potential for ultrafast opto-electronic devices, a detailed understanding of their lasing dynamics is crucial. However, the roles played by their resonator geometry and the microscopic processes that mediate energy exchange between the photonic, electronic, and phononic subsystems are largely unexplored. Here, we study the dynamics of GaAs-AlGaAs core-shell nanowire lasers at cryogenic temperatures using a combined experimental and theoretical approach. Our results indicate that these NW lasers exhibit sustained intensity oscillations with frequencies ranging from 160 GHz to 260 GHz. As the underlying physical mechanism, we identified self-induced electron-hole plasma temperature oscillations resulting from a dynamic competition between photoinduced carrier heating and cooling via phonon scattering. These dynamics are intimately linked to the strong interaction between the lasing mode and the gain material, which arises from the wavelength-scale dimensions of these lasers. We anticipate that our results could lead to new approaches for ultrafast intensity and phase modulation of chip-integrated nanoscale semiconductor lasers.

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