Title :
Approaches for electrical injection into photonic crystal nanocavities
Author :
Giannopoulos, Antonios V. ; Long, Christopher M. ; Verma, Varun ; Coleman, James J. ; Choquette, Kent D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
We discuss two approaches for current injected photonic crystal defect membrane emitters. A vertical pn junction using spatially selective gain is reported as well transverse pn junctions created using selective ion implantation.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; crystal defects; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; ion implantation; light emitting diodes; nanophotonics; p-n junctions; photonic crystals; InGaAsP; InP; LED; electrical injection; photonic crystal defect membrane emitters; photonic crystal nanocavities; selective ion implantation; spatially selective gain; transverse p-n junction; Biomembranes; Electroluminescence; Light emitting diodes; Lithography; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Photonic crystals; Radiative recombination; Semiconductor diodes; Spontaneous emission;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Winter Topicals Meeting Series (WTM), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Majorca
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5240-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5241-5
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTWTM.2010.5421921
