Wavelength-scale photonic-crystal laser formed by electron-beam-induced nano-block deposition

Opt Express. 2009 Apr 13;17(8):6790-8. doi: 10.1364/oe.17.006790.

Abstract

A wavelength-scale cavity is generated by printing a carbonaceous nano-block on a photonic-crystal waveguide. The nanometer-size carbonaceous block is grown at a pre-determined region by the electron-beam-induced deposition method. The wavelength-scale photonic-crystal cavity operates as a single mode laser, near 1550 nm with threshold of approximately 100 microW at room temperature. Finite-difference time-domain computations show that a high-quality-factor cavity mode is defined around the nano-block with resonant wavelength slightly longer than the dispersion-edge of the photonic-crystal waveguide. Measured near-field images exhibit photon distribution well-localized in the proximity of the printed nano-block. Linearly-polarized emission along the vertical direction is also observed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Crystallization / methods*
  • Electrons
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Lasers*
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Nanostructures / radiation effects
  • Nanostructures / ultrastructure
  • Nanotechnology / instrumentation*
  • Photons
  • Refractometry / instrumentation*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity