Abstract

We demonstrated an electrically pumped InP-based microcavity laser operating in continuous-wave mode. The active region is designed with antimony surfactants to enhance the gain at 2 μm, and a selective electrical isolation scheme is used to secure continuous-wave operation for the microcavity laser at room temperature. The lasers were fabricated as a notched elliptical resonator, resulting in a highly unidirectional far-field profile with an in-plane beam divergence of less than 2°. Single-mode emission was obtained over the entire dynamic range, and the laser frequencies were tuned linearly with the pumping current. Overall, these directional lasers pave the way for portable and highly integrated on-chip sensing applications.

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