High-Operation-Temperature Plasmonic Nanolasers on Single-Crystalline Aluminum

The recent development of plasmonics has overcome the optical diffraction limit and fostered the development of several important components including nanolasers, low-operation-power modulators, and high-speed detectors. In particular, the advent of surface-plasmon-polariton (SPP) nanolasers has ena...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inNano letters Vol. 16; no. 5; pp. 3179 - 3186
Main Authors Chou, Yu-Hsun, Wu, Yen-Mo, Hong, Kuo-Bin, Chou, Bo-Tsun, Shih, Jheng-Hong, Chung, Yi-Cheng, Chen, Peng-Yu, Lin, Tzy-Rong, Lin, Chien-Chung, Lin, Sheng-Di, Lu, Tien-Chang
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Chemical Society 11.05.2016
Subjects
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

Loading…
More Information
Summary:The recent development of plasmonics has overcome the optical diffraction limit and fostered the development of several important components including nanolasers, low-operation-power modulators, and high-speed detectors. In particular, the advent of surface-plasmon-polariton (SPP) nanolasers has enabled the development of coherent emitters approaching the nanoscale. SPP nanolasers widely adopted metal–insulator–semiconductor structures because the presence of an insulator can prevent large metal loss. However, the insulator is not necessary if permittivity combination of laser structures is properly designed. Here, we experimentally demonstrate a SPP nanolaser with a ZnO nanowire on the as-grown single-crystalline aluminum. The average lasing threshold of this simple structure is 20 MW/cm2, which is four-times lower than that of structures with additional insulator layers. Furthermore, single-mode laser operation can be sustained at temperatures up to 353 K. Our study represents a major step toward the practical realization of SPP nanolasers.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 23
ISSN:1530-6984
1530-6992
1530-6992
DOI:10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b00537