| Autor: |
McPolin CP; Department of Physics, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK., Bouillard JS; Department of Physics, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK., Vilain S; Department of Physics, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK., Krasavin AV; Department of Physics, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK., Dickson W; Department of Physics, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK., O'Connor D; Department of Physics, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK., Wurtz GA; Department of Physics, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK., Justice J; Tyndall National Institute, Lee Maltings, Cork T12R5CP, Ireland., Corbett B; Tyndall National Institute, Lee Maltings, Cork T12R5CP, Ireland., Zayats AV; Department of Physics, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK. |
| Abstrakt: |
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. |
