Modulation of Nanowire Emitter Arrays Using Micro-LED Technology
A scalable excitation platform for nanophotonic emitters using individually addressable micro-LED-on-CMOS arrays is presented. Heterogeneous integration by transfer printing of semiconductor nanowires was used for the deterministic assembly of the infrared emitters embedded in polymer optical waveguides with a high yield and positional accuracy. Direct optical pumping of these emitters is demonstrated using micro-LED pixels as a source, with optical modulation (on-off keying) measured up to 150 MHz. A micro-LED-on-CMOS array of pump sources was employed to demonstrate individual control of multiple waveguide-coupled nanowire emitters in parallel, enabling future large-scale photonic integrated circuit applications.
Authors
- Zhongyi Xia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6008-8241)
- Benoit Guilhabert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3986-8566)
- Michael J. Strain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9752-3144)
- C. Jagadish (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1528-9479)
- Qian Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6667-3679)
- Hark Hoe Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7816-537X)
- Jonathan J. D. McKendry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6379-3955)
- Martin D. Dawson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6639-2989)
- Dimitars Jevtics (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6678-8334)
Institutions
- Australian National University (AU)
- University of Strathclyde (GB)
- Photonics (United States) (US)
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ACS Nano
- Published
- 2025-04-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c00474
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35
Funders
- Royal Academy of Engineering
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- Australian Research Council
- Innovate UK