Directional emission of stadium-shaped microlasers

M. Lebental, J. S. Lauret, J. Zyss, C. Schmit, and E. Bogomolny
Phys. Rev. A 75, 033806 – Published 13 March 2007

Abstract

The far-field emission of two-dimensional stadium-shaped dielectric cavities is investigated. Microlasers with such shape present a highly directional emission. We provide experimental evidence of the dependence of the emission directionality on the shape of the stadium, in good agreement with ray numerical simulations. We develop an analytical geometrical optics model which permits to account for the main observed features. Wave numerical calculations confirm the results.

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  • Received 4 September 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.75.033806

©2007 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

M. Lebental1,2,*, J. S. Lauret1, J. Zyss1, C. Schmit2,†, and E. Bogomolny2

  • 1Laboratoire de Photonique Quantique et Moléculaire, CNRS, École Normale Supérieure de Cachan, UMR 8537, 94235 Cachan, France
  • 2Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, UMR 8626, 91405 Orsay, France

  • *Electronic address: lebental@lpqm.ens-cachan.fr
  • Deceased.

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Vol. 75, Iss. 3 — March 2007

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