Effect of a Photonic Band Gap on the Threshold and Output Power of Solid-State Lasers and Light-Emitting Diodes

M. H. Szymanska, A. F. Hughes, and E. R. Pike
Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 69 – Published 5 July 1999
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Abstract

We present results for the operation of a three-level solid-state laser both with normal and with completely suppressed spontaneous emission between the lasing levels. The output power difference in these two cases drops as the pump rate is increased above threshold and is not greatly different at higher powers. The threshold pump power, although typically reduced by an order of magnitude, is not zero and our results thus throw further light on the concept of “thresholdless” lasing. The theory is also applicable to light-emitting diodes and amplifiers which function on the same principles as a laser.

  • Received 20 November 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.69

©1999 American Physical Society

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M. H. Szymanska, A. F. Hughes, and E. R. Pike

  • Department of Physics, King's College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom

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Vol. 83, Iss. 1 — 5 July 1999

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