Modulation of nanowire emitter arrays using micro-LED technology

Zhongyi Xia; Dimitars Jevtics; Benoit Jack Eloi Guilhabert; Jonathan J.D. McKendry; Qian Gao; Hark Hoe Tan; Chennupati Jagadish; Martin D. Dawson; Michael John Strain

doi:10.1021/acsnano.5c00474

Modulation of nanowire emitter arrays using micro-LED technology

Zhongyi Xia, Dimitars Jevtics^*, Benoit Jack Eloi Guilhabert, Jonathan J.D. McKendry, Qian Gao, Hark Hoe Tan, Chennupati Jagadish, Martin D. Dawson, Michael John Strain

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Abstract

A scalable excitation platform for nanophotonic emitters using individually addressable micro-LED-on-CMOS arrays is presented. Heterogeneous integration by transfer printing of semiconductor nanowires was used for the deterministic assembly of the infrared emitters embedded in polymer optical waveguides with a high yield and positional accuracy. Direct optical pumping of these emitters is demonstrated using micro-LED pixels as a source, with optical modulation (on–off keying) measured up to 150 MHz. A micro-LED-on-CMOS array of pump sources was employed to demonstrate individual control of multiple waveguide-coupled nanowire emitters in parallel, enabling future large-scale photonic integrated circuit applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15813–15819
Number of pages	7
Journal	ACS Nano
Volume	19
Issue number	16
Early online date	16 Apr 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c00474
Publication status	Published - 29 Apr 2025

Funding

This work was supported by the Royal Academy of Engineering (Research Chairs and Senior Research Fellowships), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/R03480X/1, EP/V004859/1, EP/W017067/1, EP/T00097X/1) and Innovate UK (50414). Z.X. acknowledges PhD studentship support from Fraunhofer UK. The authors acknowledge the Australian Research Council for its financial support and Australian National Fabrication Facility, ACT node for providing to the NW samples.

Keywords

nanowires
transfer-printing
micro-LEDs
nanophotonics

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Hybrid visible light photonic circuit platform
Strain, M. (Principal Investigator)
Fraunhofer UK Research Limited, Royal Academy of Engineering RAE
1/09/20 → 31/08/25
Project: Research Fellowship
QuantIC - The UK Quantum Technology Hub in Quantum Imaging
Dawson, M. (Principal Investigator), Jeffers, J. (Co-investigator) & Strain, M. (Co-investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/12/19 → 31/05/25
Project: Research
Zero-change manufacturing of photonic interconnects for silicon electronics (IntraChip)
Strain, M. (Principal Investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/12/20 → 31/05/24
Project: Research

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Xia, Z. (Creator), Jevtics, D. (Contributor), Guilhabert, B. J. E. (Contributor), McKendry, J. (Contributor), Gao, Q. (Contributor), Tan, H. (Contributor), Jagadish, C. (Contributor), Dawson, M. (Contributor) & Strain, M. (Contributor), University of Strathclyde, 2 Apr 2025
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