Title :
Breakthroughs in Photonics 2012: Breakthroughs in Nanomembranes and Nanomembrane Lasers
Author :
Weidong Zhou ; Zhenqiang Ma
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Arlington, Madison, TX, USA
Abstract :
Crystalline semiconductor nanomembranes (NMs) offer unprecedented opportunities for unique electronic and photonic devices for vertically stacked high-density photonic/electronic integration, high-performance flexible electronics, and adaptive flexible/conformal photonics. We present here major progresses reported over the last year, in the area of semiconductor NM photonics, with focuses on the innovative membrane laser devices and structures for silicon photonics and flexible optoelectronics.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; flexible electronics; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; membranes; nanophotonics; semiconductor lasers; silicon; surface emitting lasers; Si; adaptive flexible-conformal photonics; crystalline semiconductor nanomembranes; flexible electronics; nanomembrane lasers; semiconductor NM photonics; silicon photonics; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; vertically stacked high-density photonic-electronic integration; Cavity resonators; Photonics; Silicon; Substrates; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Fano resonance; Semiconductor nanomembrane (NM); bio-integrated electronics; flexible electronics; flexible photonics; membrane lasers; membrane reflectors (MRs); photonic crystals; semiconductor lasers; silicon photonics; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSELs);
Journal_Title :
Photonics Journal, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JPHOT.2013.2250942
