Electrically driven photonic crystal nanocavity devices

Details Electrically driven photonic crystal nanocavity devices Electrically driven photonic crystal nanocavity devices

2012-01-04

arxiv.org/abs/1201.0964v1

Physics

Optics

10 pages, 13 figures

Scientific paper

Interest in photonic crystal nanocavities is fueled by advances in device performance, particularly in the development of low-threshold laser sources. Effective electrical control of high performance photonic crystal lasers has thus far remained elusive due to the complexities associated with current injection into cavities. A fabrication procedure for electrically pumping photonic crystal membrane devices using a lateral p-i-n junction has been developed and is described in this work. We have demonstrated electrically pumped lasing in our junctions with a threshold of 181 nA at 50K - the lowest threshold ever demonstrated in an electrically pumped laser. At room temperature we find that our devices behave as single-mode light-emitting diodes (LEDs), which when directly modulated, have an ultrafast electrical response up to 10 GHz corresponding to less than 1 fJ/bit energy operation - the lowest for any optical transmitter. In addition, we have demonstrated electrical pumping of photonic crystal nanobeam LEDs, and have built fiber taper coupled electro-optic modulators. Fiber-coupled photodetectors based on two-photon absorption are also demonstrated as well as multiply integrated components that can be independently electrically controlled. The presented electrical injection platform is a major step forward in providing practical low power and integrable devices for on-chip photonics.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Electrically driven photonic crystal nanocavity devices does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Electrically driven photonic crystal nanocavity devices, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Electrically driven photonic crystal nanocavity devices will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-156944