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

Hybrid silicon nitride (SiN)-quantumdot (QD) microlasers coupled to a passive SiN output waveguide with a 7 mu m diameter and a record-low threshold density of 27 mu J 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.