• DocumentCode
    3591112
  • Title

    Metal-cavity nanolasers: How small can they go?

  • Author

    Chuang, Shun Lien ; Lu, Chien-Yao ; Matsudaira, Akira

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    We present a theory of metal-cavity nanolasers and our progress in experiments of metal-cavity surface-emitting microlasers and nanoLEDs with electrical injection at room temperature. After substrate removal, the devices are flip-chip bonded to silicon. The fabrication concepts represent significant progress toward integration of active nanophotonic devices with silicon electronics.
  • Keywords
    bonding processes; flip-chip devices; integrated optoelectronics; laser cavity resonators; light emitting diodes; micro-optics; nanophotonics; surface emitting lasers; active nanophotonic device; electrical injection; flip chip bonding; metal cavity nanolaser; metal cavity surface emitting microlasers; nanoLED; silicon electronics; temperature 293 K to 298 K; Indium phosphide; Metals; Optical pumping; Optical reflection; Optical surface waves; Stimulated emission; Surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microopics Conference (MOC), 2011 17th
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1344-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6110257