Project ID |
BPN457 |
Website |
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Start Date |
Thu 2008-Jul-17 16:16:40 |
Last Updated |
Tue 2012-Jan-31 15:23:34 |
Abstract |
The physical size and effective modal volume of conventional lasers with visible and near-infrared emission wavelengths are usually in the micrometer range due to the diffraction limit. The length scale of electronic transistors, however, is currently sub-100 nm thanks to the advance of fabrication technologies. For future integration of electronic and photonic devices on a chip-scale platform, we need novel laser sources that are not only compact but also capable of steering light in any direction necessary and potentially electrically injectable. In this project, a nanopatch laser based on direct-gap semiconductor integrated with a plasmonic metal is used to create a small footprint laser. |
Status |
New |
Funding Source |
Federal |
IAB Research Area |
NanoPlasmonics, Microphotonics & Imaging |
Researcher(s) |
Amit Lakhani |
Advisor(s) |
Ming C. Wu |
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