Spin-polarized lasing in a photonic lattice
Abstract
We characterize spin-polarized lasing in a two-dimensional photonic lattice fabricated from a GaAs/InGaAs semiconductor microcavity sample. The lattice is defined by a staggered arrangement of rounded rectangular micrometric mesas that laterally confine and couple the optical modes. Polarization-, angle-, and energy-resolved micro-photoluminescence measurements reveal the transition from the strong-coupling regime to photon lasing, accompanied by extended spatial coherence across several lattice unit cells. Under circularly polarized nonresonant excitation, the emitted light acquires a controllable circular polarization whose handedness follows that of the pump. These results establish photonic-lattice VCSELs as a platform for spin-controlled coherent emission in extended optical systems.
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BibTeX
@misc{otermin2026spinpolarized,
title = {{Spin-polarized lasing in a photonic lattice}},
author = {A. Herrero Otermin and N. Carlon Zambon and A. Bieganowska and F. Jabeen and L. Viña and C. Antón-Solanas},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = may,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2605.20927},
eprint = {2605.20927},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.20927},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Spin-polarized lasing in a photonic lattice
AU - A. Herrero Otermin
AU - N. Carlon Zambon
AU - A. Bieganowska
AU - F. Jabeen
AU - L. Viña
AU - C. Antón-Solanas
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/05/20
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2605.20927
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.20927
AB - We characterize spin-polarized lasing in a two-dimensional photonic lattice fabricated from a GaAs/InGaAs semiconductor microcavity sample. The lattice is defined by a staggered arrangement of rounded rectangular micrometric mesas that laterally confine and couple the optical modes. Polarization-, angle-, and energy-resolved micro-photoluminescence measurements reveal the transition from the strong-coupling regime to photon lasing, accompanied by extended spatial coherence across several lattice unit cells. Under circularly polarized nonresonant excitation, the emitted light acquires a controllable circular polarization whose handedness follows that of the pump. These results establish photonic-lattice VCSELs as a platform for spin-controlled coherent emission in extended optical systems.
ER -