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Telecom-band Multiwavelength Vertical Emitting Quantum Well Nanowire Laser Arrays

EnNews Staff ~ 9/13/2024
Simultaneous lasing is demonstrated from one same NW array . Inset shows the vertical F-P cavity constructed from a single standing nanowire . Structural and characterization of the MQW NW array . Telecom-band lasing characterization . GA , UNITED STATES , September 9 , 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A new facet

Simultaneous lasing is demonstrated from one same NW array. Inset shows the vertical F-P cavity constructed from a single standing nanowire.

Structural and characterization of the MQW NW array.

Telecom-band lasing characterization.

GA, UNITED STATES, September 9, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A new facet engineering approach achieves controlled nanowire dimensions with high crystalline quality, enabling on-substrate vertical emitting lasing from ordered InGaAs/InP multi-quantum well nanowire arrays grown on InP substrates. The successful formation of high-quality factor Fabry-Pérot nanowire cavities enables room temperature single-mode lasing in the vertical direction across a broad near-infrared spectral range, from 940 nm to the telecom O and C bands with low thresholds, offering a promising path toward large-scale nano-laser integration.

The integration of efficient, scalable, and cost-effective nanoscale lasers is essential for optical interconnects, medical diagnostics, and super-resolution imaging. Particularly, telecom-band NW lasers are promising for on-chip coherent light sources in photonic integrated circuits, which drive innovations in optical and quantum communication and computing. Achieving high-quality NWs with smooth sidewalls, controlled dimensions, and precise crystal composition is imperative for these applications.

However, the epitaxial growth of high-quality multi-quantum well (MQW) nanowires (NWs) with both good structural and optical properties, along with uniform morphology, is challenging. Vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) methods produce nonuniform NWs exhibit tapering and nonuniform morphologies, leading to poor optical confinement and low-quality cavities. Selective area epitaxy (SAE) offers better control but struggles with crystallinity and defects in GaAs-based NWs, while InP-based NWs show promise for room temperature lasing. However, SAE-grown InGaAs/InP MQW NWs with wurtzite structures have morphology issues. Adjusting growth conditions can improve uniformity, but challenges like stacking faults, limited NW length, and temperature sensitivity persist. Thus, strategies for precise SAE NW growth with controlled size, morphology and high crystal quality are needed for achieving high-density NW lasers, which is crucial integrating photonic chips.

In a new paper (doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-024-01570-7) published in Light Science & Applications, a team of scientists, led by Professors Xutao Zhang and Xuetao Gan from Northwestern Polytechnical University, China and Professor Lan Fu from the Australian National University, Australia, and co-workers have developed an innovative multi-step facet engineering approach for wurtzite (WZ) based InGaAs/InP MQW NW growth via SAE method. A faceted WZ InP NW core was firstly grown to the desired length under high-temperature and low V/III ratio conditions followed by changing the growth conditions to low temperature and high V/III ratio to promote lateral InP shell growth with a 30° rotation of all NW sidewalls, transitioning from to { } orientation. This allows for the subsequent InGaAs/InP MQW growth with a well-maintained hexagonal shape and smooth NW morphology, which is critical to facilitate the formation of a high-Q factor vertical Fabry-Pérot (F-P) cavity for MQW lasing in the vertical direction. Single mode vertical emitting laser centered at 1532 nm has been achieved at room temperature with a low threshold power of ∼28.2 μJ cm-2 per pulse and a high characteristic temperature of 128 K. By tuning the indium composition of the MQWs, tunable lasing peak has been achieved from 940 nm to telecommunication O and C band.

“Through this new method of epitaxial growth, we can precisely control the diameter and length of quantum well nanowires with high crystal quality and uniform morphology. This makes it possible to design controllable nanowire optical cavities, thereby enabling the regulation of spatial modes and longitudinal modes. Then, by modulating the composition and thickness of quantum wells in the nanowires, the lasing peak position of the nanowires can be adjusted, achieving coverage of a wide spectral range in the near-infrared telecommunication band.”

“The technology we present is well-suited for large-scale epitaxial growth of uniform nanowire arrays. It will enable the batch construction of nanoscale laser light sources in the near-infrared telecommunication band. This approach has the potential to overcome the obstacles associated with traditional methods of fabricating on-chip integrated light sources through bonding or heterogeneous epitaxy, demonstrating a promising path for large-scale photonic integration,” said the researchers of the study.

DOI
10.1038/s41377-024-01570-7

Original Source URLhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-024-01570-7

Funding informationThis work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (62375226, 62005222, 62105267, 61775183), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (23GH02023) and the Analytical & Testing Center of Northwestern Polytechnical University and the Australian Research Council. This work used the ACT node of the NCRIS-enabled Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF) at the Australian National University (ANFF-ACT).

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