Selective growth of GaN layers on sapphire substrates is investigated for low-loss optical waveguide structures of active and passive photonic devices. When growth conditions, such as nitridation of the substrate surface and growth temperature, are adjusted to achieve high-density uniform nucleation on the substrate, we found that the cross-sectional shape of GaN waveguides has a rectangular structure with smooth top and side surfaces. At 77 K, we observed stimulated emission from the cleaved facet of an optically pumped selectively grown GaN waveguide with a width of 6 μm and a cavity length of 800 μm. Line narrowing was also achieved: with the full width at half-maximum of the emission spectra decreasing from 11 to 2 nm by increasing a pump power density from 0.013 to 0.05 MW/cm2.
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