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Stable dual-mode semiconductor lasers can be applied for the photonic generation of microwave and terahertz waves. In this paper, the mode characteristics of a variable curvature microresonator are investigated by a two-dimensional finite element method for realizing stable dual-mode lasing. The microresonator features a smooth boundary and the same symmetry as a square resonator. A small variable-curvature microresonator with a radius of 4 μm can support the fundamental four-bounce mode and the
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Variable-curvature microresonators for
dual-wavelength lasing
MIN TANG,YONG-ZHEN HUANG,* YUE-DE YANG,HAI-ZHONG WENG, AND ZHI-XIONG XIAO
State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, Institute of Semiconductors, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
*Corresponding author: yzhuang@semi.ac.cn
Received 25 July 2017; revised 7 October 2017; accepted 17 October 2017; posted 18 October 2017 (Doc. ID 303255); published 13 November 2017
Stable dual-mode semiconductor lasers can be applied for the photonic generation of microwave and terahertz
waves. In this paper, the mode characteristics of a variable curvature microresonator are investigated by a two-
dimensional finite element method for realizing stable dual-mode lasing. The microresonator features a
smooth boundary and the same symmetry as a square resonator. A small variable-curvature microresonator with
a radius of 4 μm can support the fundamental four-bounce mode and the circular-like mode simultaneously, with
quality factors up to the order of 10
4
and 10
5
, respectively. The dual modes in the phase space of the Poincaré
surface of sections distribute far from each other and can maintain enough stability for dual-mode lasing.
Furthermore, the refractive index and waveguide can modulate the dual-mode wavelength difference and quality
factors efficiently thanks to the spatially separated fields of these two modes.
© 2017 Chinese Laser Press
OCIS codes: (140.3948) Microcavity devices; (140.5960) Semiconductor lasers.
https://doi.org/10.1364/PRJ.5.000695
1. INTRODUCTION
Whispering-gallery mode (WGM) microcavities, which con-
fine light by total internal reflection with the advantages of high
quality (Q) factors and small mode volumes, have attracted
great attention in the research of fundamental physics and
optoelectronics applications [1]. Circular microresonators in
different geometries were successfully used in the demonstra-
tion of ultralow-threshold microlasers, but the rotational sym -
metry causes a significant difficulty to efficiently collect the
emission light from the microlasers. Deformed microresonators
such as spiral [2], limaçon [3], quadrupole [4], flattened quad-
rupole [5], and ellipse-shaped [6] have been proposed to break
rotational symmetry for realizing directional emission. By di-
rectly connecting an output waveguide to the microresonators,
directional emission could also be realized [7–9]. Recently,
circular-side polygonal microresonators were also proposed and
demonstrated for Q factor control and mode selection [10,11].
Besides the directional emission and Q factor control, dual-
wavelength laser sources that could be used for microwave or
terahertz generation have also attracted great attention. There
are several ways of producing dual lasing sources, such as
Fabry–Perot (FP) cavities integrated by Y junction [12], dual-
section vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers [13,14], dual-
section distributed feedback (DFB) lasers [15], fiber lasers
based on fiber Bragg gratings [16,17], and square microcavity
lasers [10,18]. In this paper, we propose and numerically in-
vestigate a deformed optical variable curvature microresonator
(VCM) with a mixture shape of microsquare and microdisk
resonators for stable dual-mode lasing. This VCM can support
two types of high Q factor modes, the four-bounce mode and
the circular-like mode. By carefully modifying perimeter distri-
bution and waveguide position, stable dual-mode lasing with
directional emission can be achieved according to the numerical
simulation results.
This paper is organized as follows. In Section 2, the mode
characteristics of the VCM are simulated based on two-
dimensional (2D) finite element method (FEM). A ray dynam-
ics analysis is also performed for the high Q factor modes. In
Section 3, dual-mode stability is analyzed for the VCM and
circular and square microresonators theoretically. The modula-
tion of the mode wavelengths and quality factors, based on
graphic electrode and waveguide positions, are investigated nu-
merically. Finally, the summary is given in Section 4.
2. MODE CHARACTERISTICS
The schematic diagram of a 2D VCM is given in Fig. 1. There
are four zero-curvature points distributed in the midpoints of
square edge, and the connecting arcs between these points have
a linear variable curvature. The curvature of the arc in the first
quadrant can be expressed as
ρ
θ
k
R
θ
0
rdθ 0 < θ ≤
π
4
k
R
π
2
θ
rdθ
π
4
< θ ≤
π
2
; (1)
Research Article
Vol. 5, No. 6 / December 2017 / Photonics Research 695
2327-9125/17/060695-07 Journal © 2017 Chinese Laser Press
where ρ, r, and θ are the curvature, polar radius, and angle,
respectively, and k is a parameter showing the changing speed
of curvature along the boundary. The microresonator size is
determined by the parameter d, which is half the distance be-
tween the two opposite zero-cur vature points. The curvature in
the other quadrants is a periodic function as ρθ − π∕2ρθ.
The VCM in different sizes could be proved similar to each
other with the product of maximum curvature ρ
max
and VCM
size d equaling 19.82. The deformation degree ε is defined as
ε r
max
− r
min
∕r
min
, which is a fixed number of 0.065 for
the VCM. With a continuous variation of the curvature along
the boundary, the boundary is smooth and second-order differ-
entiable, leading to the emergence of the circular-like mode de-
spite large deformation compared with the circular resonator.
The same symmetry properties between the VCM and
microsquare resonators also herald the same periodic orbits
of optical rays.
The mode characteristics of the VCM are simulated by 2D
FEM (COMSOL Multiphysics 5.0). The refractive indices of
the resonator and outside media are set to 3.2 and 1.54, respec-
tively, for the InP-based VCM and surrounded bisbenzo
cyclobutene. The microresonator size is 4 μm. A perfect
matched layer absorbing boundary with a width of 0.5 μm
is used to terminate the simulation area. The intensity spectrum
for TE modes with a wavelength resolution of 0.08 nm is
obtained and plotted in Fig. 2(a). The spectrum shows that
there are three sets of longitudinal modes, ranging from
1.50 to 1.59 μm. The four kinds of high-Q modes marked
by circles, squares, five-pointed stars, and prisms represent
the circular-like mode, fundamental four-bounce mode,
first-order four-bounce mode, and high-order hybrid mode,
respectively, with the field distributions of jH
z
j as presented
in Figs. 2(b)–2(e). The circular-like modes have relatively
higher Q factors up to 4.34 × 10
5
with the field distributing
mostly along the boundary, similar to the WGMs in a circular
microresonator. The reflection positions of the four-bounce
modes concentrate on four zero-curvature points with reflec-
tion angles of around 45°. The photons of the four-bounce
modes are more likely to reach leaky regions, leading to
lower-mode Q factors in the order of 10
4
. The longitudinal
mode intervals around 1.55 μm are 29 and 33 nm for
the circular-like modes and the fundamental four-bounce
modes, respectively. The first-order four-bounce modes and
high-order hybrid modes have mode Q factors in the order
of 10
3
. The details of mode wavelengths and Q factors are
summarized in Table 1.
The VCM could be regarded as a mixture of circular and
square shapes. For the comparison between these three types
Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of a 2D VCM. The curvature is linearly
changed as the boundary starting from zero curvature points to the
neighboring maximum-curvature points.
Fig. 2. (a) Mode intensity spectrum and mode field patterns jH
z
j of
the (b) circular-like mode, (c) fundamental four-bounce mode,
(d) first-order four-bounce mode, and (e) high-order hybrid mode.
Table 1. Wavelengths and Q Factors for Symmetric TE
Modes in VCM with d 4 μm
Mode Wavelength (μm) Q Factor
Circular-like modes 1.5072 4.34 × 10
5
1.5372 1.68 × 10
5
1.5664 4.51 × 10
4
Four-bounce modes 1.5096 1.51 × 10
4
1.5428 1.51 × 10
4
1.5753 1.25 × 10
4
First-order four-bounce modes 1.5133 4.13 × 10
3
1.5453 3.27 × 10
3
1.5787 2.81 × 10
3
High-order hybrid modes 1.5083 2.42 × 10
3
1.5397 2.61 × 10
3
1.5726 2.76 × 10
3
696 Vol. 5, No. 6 / December 2017 / Photonics Research
Research Article
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