On-Chip Integrated Quantum-Dot-Silicon-Nitride Microdisk Lasers

Abstract

Hybrid silicon nitride (SiN)-quantum-dot (QD) microlasers coupled to a passive SiN output waveguide with a 7 µm diameter and a record-low threshold density of 27 µJ cm^-2 are demonstrated. A new design and processing scheme offers long-term stability and facilitates in-depth QD material and device characterization, thereby opening new paths for optical communication, sensing, and on-chip cavity quantum optics based on colloidal QDs.

Keywords: colloidal quantum dots; microdisks; on-chip lasers; silicon nitride photonics.