O-band electrically injected quantum dot micro-ring lasers on on-axis (001) GaP/Si and V-groove Si

We report statistical comparisons of lasing characteristics in InAs quantum dot (QD) micro-rings directly grown on on-axis (001) GaP/Si and V-groove (001) Si substrates. CW thresholds as low as 3 mA and high temperature operation exceeding 80 degrees C were simultaneously achieved on the GaP/Si template template with an outer-ring radius of 50 mu m and a ring width of 4 mu m, while a sub-milliamp threshold of 0.6 mA was demonstrated on the V-groove Si template with a smaller cavity size of 5-mu m outer-ring radius and 3-mu m ring width. Evaluations were also made with devices fabricated simultaneously on native GaAs substrates over a significant sampling analysis. The overall assessment spotlights compelling insights in exploring the optimum epitaxial scheme for low-threshold lasing on industry standard Si substrates. (C) 2017 Optical Society of America