Integrated plasmonic circuitry on a vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor laser platform

dc.contributor.authorMcPolin, Cillian P. T.
dc.contributor.authorBouillard, Jean-Sebastien
dc.contributor.authorVilain, Sebastien
dc.contributor.authorKrasavin, Alexey V.
dc.contributor.authorDickson, Wayne
dc.contributor.authorO'Connor, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorWurtz, Gregory A.
dc.contributor.authorJustice, John
dc.contributor.authorCorbett, Brian M.
dc.contributor.authorZayats, Anatoly V.
dc.contributor.funderEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Councilen
dc.contributor.funderRoyal Societyen
dc.contributor.funderWolfson Foundationen
dc.contributor.funderSeagate Technology, United States
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-28T14:36:35Z
dc.date.available2017-06-28T14:36:35Z
dc.date.issued2016-08-05
dc.date.updated2017-06-28T14:15:55Z
dc.description.abstractIntegrated plasmonic sources and detectors are imperative in the practical development of plasmonic circuitry for bio- and chemical sensing, nanoscale optical information processing, as well as transducers for high-density optical data storage. Here we show that vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) can be employed as an on-chip, electrically pumped source or detector of plasmonic signals, when operated in forward or reverse bias, respectively. To this end, we experimentally demonstrate surface plasmon polariton excitation, waveguiding, frequency conversion and detection on a VCSEL-based plasmonic platform. The coupling efficiency of the VCSEL emission to waveguided surface plasmon polariton modes has been optimized using asymmetric plasmonic nanostructures. The plasmonic VCSEL platform validated here is a viable solution for practical realizations of plasmonic functionalities for various applications, such as those requiring sub-wavelength field confinement, refractive index sensitivity or optical near-field transduction with electrically driven sources, thus enabling the realization of on-chip optical communication and lab-on-a-chip devices.en
dc.description.sponsorshipSeagate Technology United Statesen
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationMcPolin, C. P. T., Bouillard, J.-S., Vilain, S., Krasavin, A. V., Dickson, W., O’Connor, D., Wurtz, G. A., Justice, J., Corbett, B. and Zayats, A. V. (2016) 'Integrated plasmonic circuitry on a vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor laser platform', Nature Communications, 7, 12409. doi:10.1038/ncomms12409en
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/ncomms12409
dc.identifier.endpage12409-8en
dc.identifier.issn2041-1723
dc.identifier.journaltitleNature Communicationsen
dc.identifier.startpage12409-1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/4201
dc.identifier.volume7en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherNature Publishing Groupen
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7::SP3::PEOPLE/304179/EU/Ultrafast Dynamics, Energy Exchanges, and Non-linear Optical Properties of Resonant Nanostructures/UDENOPen
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectIntegrated opticsen
dc.subjectNanophotonics and plasmonicsen
dc.subjectSemiconductor lasersen
dc.titleIntegrated plasmonic circuitry on a vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor laser platformen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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