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Driving Lightwave in Nanopatterned Nanowire

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We introduce various nanocavities on nanowires with one-dimensional photonic crystals (PhCs), which provide strong light-matter interactions for nanolaser applications. Comparing with traditional two-dimensional PhC nanocavities, they further show advantages of ultra-small device footprints and high integration flexibilities with waveguides, which are beneficial for constructing ultra-condensed planar photonic integrated circuits.

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Abbreviations

Γ, γd :

Confinement factor in dielectric

εSi :

Dielectric constant of silicon

εSiO2 :

Dielectric constant of silicon-dioxide

λ:

Wavelength

σε :

Emission cross section of the Er

a, an :

Lattice constant

kx :

Wavevector number in x direction

n:

Number of photonic crystal periods

nNB :

Refractive index of nanobeam

nr :

Refractive index of nanoring

r, r’:

Air hole radius

tNB :

Thickness of nanobeam

tNFB :

Thickness of nano-fishbone

tr :

Thickness of nanoring

tSiO2 :

Thickness of SiO2 slot

w:

Width of nanobeam and nano-fishbone

wr :

Width of nanoring,

E:

Amplitude of electric field

Ex :

Amplitude of electric field in x component

Ey :

Amplitude of electric field in y component

Ez :

Amplitude of electric field in z component

EzSi :

Amplitude of electric field in silicon in z component

EzSiO2 :

Amplitude of electric field in silicon-dioxide in z component

NEr :

Concentration of the Er

Q:

Quality factor

Qlasing :

Quality factor for lasing

QN1 :

Quality factor of N1 nanocavity

QN2 :

Quality factor of N2 nanocavity

R:

Bending radius

Veff :

Effective mode volume

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Lee, PT., Lu, TW. (2015). Driving Lightwave in Nanopatterned Nanowire. In: Lee, CC. (eds) The Current Trends of Optics and Photonics. Topics in Applied Physics, vol 129. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9392-6_20

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