Channel Plasmon Nanowire Lasers with V-Groove Cavities
Abstract A hybrid channel plasmon nanowire laser based on GaAs/AlGaAs core-shell semiconductor nanowire and silver V-groove is proposed. The laser structure has potential capability of integrating with plasmonic waveguides, using channel plasmon-polariton modes in V-groove plasmonic waveguides. Guid...
Main Authors: | , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2018-07-01
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Series: | Nanoscale Research Letters |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s11671-018-2640-0 |
Summary: | Abstract A hybrid channel plasmon nanowire laser based on GaAs/AlGaAs core-shell semiconductor nanowire and silver V-groove is proposed. The laser structure has potential capability of integrating with plasmonic waveguides, using channel plasmon-polariton modes in V-groove plasmonic waveguides. Guiding and lasing properties are numerically calculated using finite elements method. From the theoretical results, the laser could support guiding mode with a smallest diameter of 40 nm. Lasing emission could happen at a relatively low threshold around 2000 cm− 1 when the diameter is larger than 140 nm. A quite large Purcell factor of 180 could be achieved to enhance the spontaneous emission rate. |
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ISSN: | 1931-7573 1556-276X |