Printed nanolaser on silicon

Jungmin Lee, Indra Karnadi, Jin Tae Kim, Yong Hee Lee, Myung Ki Kim

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Abstract

We propose and demonstrate a direct integration of a wavelength-scale III-V nanolaser onto a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) waveguide. By employing high-precision microtransfer printing techniques, with an optimally designed photonic crystal nanolaser structure, we experimentally achieved a coupling efficiency of 83% between the InGaAsP nanobeam laser and the SOI waveguide. Our III-V nanobeam laser is designed as an asymmetric one-dimensional photonic crystal cavity, which allows unidirectional coupling to the combined III-V nanobeam waveguide with high efficiency. Through the compact vertical coupler in the region where the III-V and SOI waveguides overlap at the optimal length of 3.2 μm, 88% of the light from the printed III-V nanolaser can theoretically be coupled to a vertically integrated SOI waveguide.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2117-2123
Number of pages7
JournalACS Photonics
Volume4
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017 Sept 20

Keywords

  • IIIaV/Si integration
  • Nanolasers
  • Photonic crystals
  • Silicon photonics
  • photonic integrated circuits
  • silicon waveguides

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Biotechnology
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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