Patent ID: 9042418
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: B82Y,H01S

Abstract:
1. A photonic crystal microlaser structure, the structure comprising: a crystalline silicon substrate; a first electrode; a silicon layer, physically contacting the first electrode; a silicon dioxide layer, physically contacting the silicon layer and the crystalline silicon substrate; a silicon photonic crystal region, physically contacting the silicon dioxide layer; a III-V semiconductor photonic crystal region, physically contacting the silicon photonic crystal region; and a second electrode, physically contacting the III-V semiconductor photonic crystal region; wherein the III-V semiconductor photonic crystal region comprises: wherein the n-type layer is an n-InGaAsP layer, the quantum well layer is a InGaAsP layer, the p-type layer is a p-InGaAsP layer, and the III-V semiconductor substrate is a InP substrate, and wherein a portion of the III-V semiconductor photonic crystal region and a portion of the silicon photonic crystal region are shaped in a mesa structure.