Nanofabrication of 1-D photonic bandgap structures along a photonic wire

Author

Zhang, J.P. ; Chu, D.Y. ; Wu, S.L. ; Bi, W.G. ; Tiberio, R.C. ; Joseph, R.M. ; Taflove, A. ; Tu, C.W. ; Ho, S.T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA

Volume

8

Issue

4

fYear

1996

fDate

4/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

491

Lastpage

493

Abstract

A strongly-guided one-dimensional (1-D) waveguide called a photonic wire has high spontaneous emission coupling efficiency, enabling one to realize low-threshold lasers. Combined with the use of 1-D photonic bandgap structures consisting of arrays of holes etched within the photonic wire, novel microcavity lasers can be realized. We report the nanofabrication of a photonic bandgap structure for 1.5 μm wavelength along a InGaAsP photonic wire, and discuss numerical simulations for its electrodynamics.

Keywords

electrodynamics; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; laser theory; nanotechnology; optical couplers; optical fabrication; photonic band gap; quantum well lasers; semiconductor quantum wires; spontaneous emission; waveguide lasers; 1-D photonic bandgap structures; 1.5 mum; InGaAsP photonic wire; electrodynamics; high spontaneous emission coupling efficiency; low-threshold lasers; microcavity lasers; nanofabrication; numerical simulations; photonic bandgap structure; photonic wire; semiconductor quantum wire lasers; strongly-guided 1D waveguide; Etching; Microcavities; Nanofabrication; Numerical simulation; Optical arrays; Optical coupling; Photonic band gap; Spontaneous emission; Waveguide lasers; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.491093

Filename

491093