Cillian P.T. McPolin
Integrated plasmonic circuitry on a vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor laser platform
McPolin, Cillian P.T.; Bouillard, Jean-Sebastien; Vilain, Sebastien; Krasavin, Alexey V.; Dickson, Wayne; O'Connor, Daniel; Wurtz, Gregory A.; Justice, John; Corbett, Brian; Zayats, Anatoly V.
Authors
Dr Jean-Sebastien Bouillard J.Bouillard@hull.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Physics
Sebastien Vilain
Alexey V. Krasavin
Wayne Dickson
Daniel O'Connor
Gregory A. Wurtz
John Justice
Brian Corbett
Anatoly V. Zayats
Abstract
Integrated 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.
Citation
McPolin, C. P., Bouillard, J., Vilain, S., Krasavin, A. V., Dickson, W., O'Connor, D., …Zayats, A. V. (2016). Integrated plasmonic circuitry on a vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor laser platform. Nature communications, 7, 12409. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12409
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jun 29, 2016 |
Online Publication Date | Aug 5, 2016 |
Publication Date | Aug 5, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Jul 19, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 27, 2022 |
Journal | Nature communications |
Electronic ISSN | 2041-1723 |
Publisher | Nature Publishing Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 7 |
Article Number | ARTN 12409 |
Pages | 12409 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12409 |
Keywords | Plasmonic circuitry |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/441240 |
Publisher URL | http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms12409 |
Additional Information | This is a copy of an open access article published in: Nature communications, 2016, v.7. |
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