Radiative-channel valley topological laser
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| author | Kim, Seonyeong Scherrer, Markus Dranczewski, Jakub Schmid, Heinz Moselund, Kirsten Lee, Chang-Won |
| author_facet | Kim, Seonyeong Scherrer, Markus Dranczewski, Jakub Schmid, Heinz Moselund, Kirsten Lee, Chang-Won |
| contents | Active topological photonic systems enable robust light control and new pathways for semiconductor lasing. However, their intrinsically non-Hermitian nature, combining gain, radiation leakage, and material loss, makes the underlying physics more complex, and prior studies have mostly focused on gain competition while the influence of loss channels is less examined. Here, we experimentally demonstrate radiative-channel-driven topological lasing in a valley photonic crystal consisting of isolated InP nanorods on an insulator, achieving room-temperature single-mode operation within an about 4 lambda scale cavity. Loss-included simulations show that material absorption and radiative leakage can be exploited to establish the lasing pathway. Local off-edge pumping provides spatial evidence of topological edge-guided lasing. Berry-curvature calculations, reflecting unit-cell symmetry breaking, verify the valley-Hall interface in a triangular lattice. Geometry and temperature tuning identify a narrow spectral window where the above-light-line edge branch matches the gain-loss balance and remains decoupled from bulk bands. These results clarify how the loss landscape governs topological lasing and establish a radiative-edge design framework for active topological photonics. The substrate-supported nanorod architecture additionally offers a scalable route for on-chip implementation. |
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| spellingShingle | Radiative-channel valley topological laser Kim, Seonyeong Scherrer, Markus Dranczewski, Jakub Schmid, Heinz Moselund, Kirsten Lee, Chang-Won Optics Active topological photonic systems enable robust light control and new pathways for semiconductor lasing. However, their intrinsically non-Hermitian nature, combining gain, radiation leakage, and material loss, makes the underlying physics more complex, and prior studies have mostly focused on gain competition while the influence of loss channels is less examined. Here, we experimentally demonstrate radiative-channel-driven topological lasing in a valley photonic crystal consisting of isolated InP nanorods on an insulator, achieving room-temperature single-mode operation within an about 4 lambda scale cavity. Loss-included simulations show that material absorption and radiative leakage can be exploited to establish the lasing pathway. Local off-edge pumping provides spatial evidence of topological edge-guided lasing. Berry-curvature calculations, reflecting unit-cell symmetry breaking, verify the valley-Hall interface in a triangular lattice. Geometry and temperature tuning identify a narrow spectral window where the above-light-line edge branch matches the gain-loss balance and remains decoupled from bulk bands. These results clarify how the loss landscape governs topological lasing and establish a radiative-edge design framework for active topological photonics. The substrate-supported nanorod architecture additionally offers a scalable route for on-chip implementation. |
| title | Radiative-channel valley topological laser |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.03990 |