A. V. Babichev, A. A. Blokhin, Yuriy Zadiranov, Yulia Salii, M. M. Kulagina, M. A. Bobrov, A. Vasil'ev, S. A. Blokhin, N. A. Maleev, Ivan Makhov, N. V. Kryzhanovskaya, L. Ya. Karachinsky, I. I. Novikov, A. Yu. Egorov
High-quality micropillar cavities were grown using molecular-beam epitaxy. Stable continuous-wave lasing at room temperature was demonstrated for microlasers with semiconductor and hybrid output mirrors. At 300 K, single-mode lasing was demonstrated for micropillars with a diameter of 5 μm at a wavelength of 960 nm, with a minimum lasing threshold of ∼1.2 mW and the quality-factor at threshold exceeding 8000.