Microlasers de cavidades estadio aplicados a detecção nanovolumetrica / Stadium cavities microlasers applied to the nanovolumetric detection

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010

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This work presents the development of resonant cavities based on chaotic billiard geometries built with semiconductor active optical medium for sensing applications. In spite of the classically chaotic behavior of the stadium, the quantum description of the problem in the semi-classical limit shows unexpected accumulations of the density of probability on closed periodic paths called scars. The literature shows that the physical space of the paths related to a given scar can be obtained by adding several eigen-states neighboring each scar. Classically, the paths connected to each eigen-state have very close orbits due to their instability which, when mixed, define a non-zero width orbit. In the optical domain, isomorphic to the quantum problem described above, the paths are a result of the ray treatment and the eigen-modes are the stationary electromagnetic modes. Particularly, in the case of a dielectric cavity, the system is open for light can escape the resonator. Therefore, there is a great mixture of modes and a strong selection of modes with paths with incidence angle below the critical angle. In a closed and short path, stationary modes are defined and those paths have larger probability of observation. When the resonator has an optically active medium, the confinement provides optical feedback to the system which with optical gain allows the establishment of coherent and stable scars. These results inspired this work where the process of modal selection was investigated and applied for sensing in small volumes. Experimentally, a hybrid fabrication approach based on Focused Ion Beam (FIB) and conventional micro-fabrication techniques was used to produce stadium optical cavities with InGaAsP quantum well active region. Finally, we obtained the spectral emission of the devices with good agreement with our simulation based on a simple mathematical approach employing the incoherent summation of the scars. The modal selection with the modification of the eccentricity of the cavity and with the insertion of holes along the scars was demonstrated. The application to sensing was explored by the observation of the emission spectrum as well as by measured photo-current on detection between stadia emitter and detector integrated. Photo-current variations of up to 80% and significant changes of the emission spectrum were observed for isopropanol and water detection. These results show possibilities of practical sensing by stadiums

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semiconductor lasars resonators foused ion beam ressonadores formato estadio stadium-shaped feixe de ions focalizados lasers semicondutores

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