Integration of semiconductor nanowire lasers with polymeric waveguide devices on a mechanically flexible substrate

Dimitars Jevtics, Antonio Hurtado, Benoit Guilhabert, John McPhillimy, Giuseppe Cantarella, Qian Gao, Hark Hoe Tan, Chennupati Jagadish, Michael J. Strain, Martin D. Dawson

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Abstract

Nanowire lasers are integrated with planar waveguide devices using a high positional accuracy micro-transfer printing technique. Direct nanowire to waveguide coupling is demonstrated, with coupling losses as low as -17 dB, dominated by mode mismatch between the structures. Coupling is achieved using both end-fire coupling into a waveguide facet, and from nanowire lasers printed directly onto the top surface of the waveguide. In-waveguide peak powers up to 11.8 μW are demonstrated. Basic photonic integrated circuit functions such as power splitting and wavelength multiplexing are presented. Finally, devices are fabricated on a mechanically flexible substrate to demonstrate robust coupling between the on-chip laser source and waveguides under significant deformation of the system.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5990-5994
Number of pages5
JournalNano Letters
Volume17
Issue number10
Early online date21 Sept 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Oct 2017

Keywords

  • nanowire lasers
  • nanowire coupling
  • photonic integration
  • nanophotonics

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