Abstract

We show that the direct modulation bandwidth of nano-cavity light emitting devices (nLEDs) can greatly exceed that of any laser. By performing a detailed analysis, we show that the modulation bandwidth can be increased by the Purcell effect, but that this enhancement occurs only when the device is biased below the lasing threshold. The maximum bandwidth is shown to be inversely proportional to the square root of the modal volume, with sub-wavelength cavities necessary to exceed conventional laser speeds.

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    [Crossref]
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    [Crossref]
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    [Crossref]
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2008 (2)

N. I. Zheludev, S. L. Prosvirnin, N. Papasimakis, and V. A. Fedotov, “Lasing spaser,” Nat. Photon. 2, 351–354 (2008).
[Crossref]

S.-W. Chang, C.-Y. A. Ni, and S.-L. Chuang, “Theory for bowtie plasmonic nanolasers,” Opt. Express 16, 10580–10595 (2008).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2007 (6)

E. Feigenbaum and M. Orenstein, “Optical 3D cavity modes below the diffraction-limit using slow-wave surface-plasmon-polaritons,” Opt. Express 15, 2607–2612 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

K. Nozaki, S. Kita, and T. Baba, “Room temperature continuous wave operation and controlled spontaneous emission in ultrasmall photonic crystal nanolaser,” Opt. Express 15, 7506–7514 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

S. A. Backer, I. Suez, Z. M. Fresco, J. M. J. Frechet, J. A. Conway, S. Vedantam, H. Lee, and E. Yablonovitch, “Evaluation of new materials for plasmonic imaging lithography at 476 nm using near field scanning optical microscopy,” Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures 25, 1336–1339 (2007).
[Crossref]

M. T. Hill, Y. S. Oei, B. Smalbrugge, Y. Zhu, T. De Vries, P. J. Van Veldhoven, F. W. M. Van Otten, T. J. Eijkemans, J. P. Turkiewicz, H. De Waardt, E. J. Geluk, S. H. Kwon, Y. H. Lee, R. Notzel, and M. K. Smit, “Lasing in metallic-coated nanocavities,” Nat. Photon. 1, 589–594 (2007).
[Crossref]

A. K. Sarychev and G. Tartakovsky, “Magnetic plasmonic metamaterials in actively pumped host medium and plasmonic nanolaser,” Phys. Rev. B 75, 085436–085439 (2007).
[Crossref]

Z. Zhang, L. Yang, V. Liu, T. Hong, K. Vahala, and A. Scherer, “Visible submicron microdisk lasers,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 111119 (2007).
[Crossref]

2006 (2)

H. T. Miyazaki and Y. Kurokawa, “Squeezing Visible Light Waves into a 3-nm-Thick and 55-nm-Long Plasmon Cavity,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 097401–097404 (2006).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

H. Altug, D. Englund, and J. Vuckovic, “Ultrafast photonic crystal nanocavity laser,” Nat. Phys. 2, 484–488 (2006).
[Crossref]

2005 (1)

S. A. Maier and H. A. Atwater, “Plasmonics: Localization and guiding of electromagnetic energy in metal/dielectric structures,” J. Appl. Phys. 98, 011101–011110 (2005).
[Crossref]

2000 (1)

D. Hisamoto, W.-C. Lee, J. Kedzierski, H. Takeuchi, K. Asano, C. Kuo, E. Anderson, T.-J. King, J. Bokor, and C. Hu, “FinFET-a self-aligned double-gate MOSFET scalable to 20 nm,” IEEE Trans. Electron. Dev. 47, 2320–2325 (2000).
[Crossref]

1999 (2)

J. M. Gérard and B. Gayral, “Strong Purcell effect for InAs quantum boxes in three-dimensional solid-state microcavities,” J. Lightwave Technol. 17, 2089–2095 (1999).
[Crossref]

O. Painter, R. K. Lee, A. Scherer, A. Yariv, J. D. O’Brien, P. D. Dapkus, and I. Kim, “Two-Dimensional Photonic Band-Gap Defect Mode Laser,” Science 284, 1819–1821 (1999).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

1998 (1)

R. Coccioli, M. Boroditsky, K. W. Kim, Y. Rahmat-Samii, and E. Yablonovitch, “Smallest possible electromagnetic mode volume in a dielectric cavity,” Optoelectronics, IEE Proceedings -  145, 391–397 (1998).
[Crossref]

1997 (2)

T. Baba, “Photonic crystals and microdisk cavities based on GaInAsP-InP system,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 3, 808–830 (1997).
[Crossref]

T. Baba, P. Fujita, A. Sakai, M. Kihara, and R. Watanabe, “Lasing characteristics of GaInAsP-InP strained quantum-well microdisk injection lasers with diameter of 2–10 μm,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 9, 878–880 (1997).
[Crossref]

1996 (1)

J.-P. Berenger, “Three-Dimensional Perfectly Matched Layer for the Absorption of Electromagnetic Waves,” J. Comput. Phys. 127, 363–379 (1996).
[Crossref]

1991 (1)

G. Björk and Y. Yamamoto, “Analysis of semiconductor microcavity lasers using rate equations,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 27, 2386–2396 (1991).
[Crossref]

1990 (1)

J. R. Karin, L. G. Melcer, R. Nagarajan, J. E. Bowers, S. W. Corzine, P. A. Morton, R. S. Geels, and L. A. Coldren, “Generation of picosecond pulses with a gain-switched GaAs surface-emitting laser,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 57, 963–965 (1990).
[Crossref]

1989 (2)

M. Asada, “Intraband relaxation time in quantum-well lasers,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 25, 2019–2026 (1989).
[Crossref]

H. Yokoyama and S. D. Brorson, “Rate equation analysis of microcavity lasers,” J. Appl. Phys. 66, 4801–4805 (1989).
[Crossref]

1987 (1)

Y. Arakawa, T. Sogawa, M. Nishioka, M. Tanaka, and H. Sakaki, “Picosecond pulse generation (< 1.8 ps) in a quantum well laser by a gain switching method,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 51, 1295–1297 (1987).
[Crossref]

1985 (1)

R. S. Tucker, “High-speed modulation of semiconductor lasers,” J. Lightwave Technol. 3, 1180–1192 (1985).
[Crossref]

1980 (1)

M. Yamada and H. I. a. H. Nagato, “Estimation of the Intra-Band Relaxation Time in Undoped AlGaAs Injection Laser,” Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 19, 135–142 (1980).
[Crossref]

1946 (1)

E. M. Purcell, “Spontaneous emission probabilities at radio frequencies,” Phys. Rev. 69, 681 (1946).

Altug, H.

H. Altug, D. Englund, and J. Vuckovic, “Ultrafast photonic crystal nanocavity laser,” Nat. Phys. 2, 484–488 (2006).
[Crossref]

Anderson, E.

D. Hisamoto, W.-C. Lee, J. Kedzierski, H. Takeuchi, K. Asano, C. Kuo, E. Anderson, T.-J. King, J. Bokor, and C. Hu, “FinFET-a self-aligned double-gate MOSFET scalable to 20 nm,” IEEE Trans. Electron. Dev. 47, 2320–2325 (2000).
[Crossref]

Arakawa, Y.

Y. Arakawa, T. Sogawa, M. Nishioka, M. Tanaka, and H. Sakaki, “Picosecond pulse generation (< 1.8 ps) in a quantum well laser by a gain switching method,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 51, 1295–1297 (1987).
[Crossref]

Asada, M.

M. Asada, “Intraband relaxation time in quantum-well lasers,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 25, 2019–2026 (1989).
[Crossref]

Asano, K.

D. Hisamoto, W.-C. Lee, J. Kedzierski, H. Takeuchi, K. Asano, C. Kuo, E. Anderson, T.-J. King, J. Bokor, and C. Hu, “FinFET-a self-aligned double-gate MOSFET scalable to 20 nm,” IEEE Trans. Electron. Dev. 47, 2320–2325 (2000).
[Crossref]

Atwater, H. A.

S. A. Maier and H. A. Atwater, “Plasmonics: Localization and guiding of electromagnetic energy in metal/dielectric structures,” J. Appl. Phys. 98, 011101–011110 (2005).
[Crossref]

Baba, T.

K. Nozaki, S. Kita, and T. Baba, “Room temperature continuous wave operation and controlled spontaneous emission in ultrasmall photonic crystal nanolaser,” Opt. Express 15, 7506–7514 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

T. Baba, “Photonic crystals and microdisk cavities based on GaInAsP-InP system,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 3, 808–830 (1997).
[Crossref]

T. Baba, P. Fujita, A. Sakai, M. Kihara, and R. Watanabe, “Lasing characteristics of GaInAsP-InP strained quantum-well microdisk injection lasers with diameter of 2–10 μm,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 9, 878–880 (1997).
[Crossref]

Backer, S. A.

S. A. Backer, I. Suez, Z. M. Fresco, J. M. J. Frechet, J. A. Conway, S. Vedantam, H. Lee, and E. Yablonovitch, “Evaluation of new materials for plasmonic imaging lithography at 476 nm using near field scanning optical microscopy,” Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures 25, 1336–1339 (2007).
[Crossref]

Berenger, J.-P.

J.-P. Berenger, “Three-Dimensional Perfectly Matched Layer for the Absorption of Electromagnetic Waves,” J. Comput. Phys. 127, 363–379 (1996).
[Crossref]

Björk, G.

G. Björk and Y. Yamamoto, “Analysis of semiconductor microcavity lasers using rate equations,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 27, 2386–2396 (1991).
[Crossref]

Bokor, J.

D. Hisamoto, W.-C. Lee, J. Kedzierski, H. Takeuchi, K. Asano, C. Kuo, E. Anderson, T.-J. King, J. Bokor, and C. Hu, “FinFET-a self-aligned double-gate MOSFET scalable to 20 nm,” IEEE Trans. Electron. Dev. 47, 2320–2325 (2000).
[Crossref]

Boroditsky, M.

R. Coccioli, M. Boroditsky, K. W. Kim, Y. Rahmat-Samii, and E. Yablonovitch, “Smallest possible electromagnetic mode volume in a dielectric cavity,” Optoelectronics, IEE Proceedings -  145, 391–397 (1998).
[Crossref]

Bowers, J. E.

J. R. Karin, L. G. Melcer, R. Nagarajan, J. E. Bowers, S. W. Corzine, P. A. Morton, R. S. Geels, and L. A. Coldren, “Generation of picosecond pulses with a gain-switched GaAs surface-emitting laser,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 57, 963–965 (1990).
[Crossref]

Brorson, S. D.

H. Yokoyama and S. D. Brorson, “Rate equation analysis of microcavity lasers,” J. Appl. Phys. 66, 4801–4805 (1989).
[Crossref]

Chang, S.-W.

Chuang, S.-L.

Coccioli, R.

R. Coccioli, M. Boroditsky, K. W. Kim, Y. Rahmat-Samii, and E. Yablonovitch, “Smallest possible electromagnetic mode volume in a dielectric cavity,” Optoelectronics, IEE Proceedings -  145, 391–397 (1998).
[Crossref]

Coldren, L. A.

J. R. Karin, L. G. Melcer, R. Nagarajan, J. E. Bowers, S. W. Corzine, P. A. Morton, R. S. Geels, and L. A. Coldren, “Generation of picosecond pulses with a gain-switched GaAs surface-emitting laser,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 57, 963–965 (1990).
[Crossref]

L. A. Coldren and S. W. Corzine, Diode Lasers and Photonic Integrated Circuits (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1995), p. 143.

Conway, J. A.

S. A. Backer, I. Suez, Z. M. Fresco, J. M. J. Frechet, J. A. Conway, S. Vedantam, H. Lee, and E. Yablonovitch, “Evaluation of new materials for plasmonic imaging lithography at 476 nm using near field scanning optical microscopy,” Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures 25, 1336–1339 (2007).
[Crossref]

Corzine, S. W.

J. R. Karin, L. G. Melcer, R. Nagarajan, J. E. Bowers, S. W. Corzine, P. A. Morton, R. S. Geels, and L. A. Coldren, “Generation of picosecond pulses with a gain-switched GaAs surface-emitting laser,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 57, 963–965 (1990).
[Crossref]

L. A. Coldren and S. W. Corzine, Diode Lasers and Photonic Integrated Circuits (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1995), p. 143.

Dapkus, P. D.

O. Painter, R. K. Lee, A. Scherer, A. Yariv, J. D. O’Brien, P. D. Dapkus, and I. Kim, “Two-Dimensional Photonic Band-Gap Defect Mode Laser,” Science 284, 1819–1821 (1999).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

De Vries, T.

M. T. Hill, Y. S. Oei, B. Smalbrugge, Y. Zhu, T. De Vries, P. J. Van Veldhoven, F. W. M. Van Otten, T. J. Eijkemans, J. P. Turkiewicz, H. De Waardt, E. J. Geluk, S. H. Kwon, Y. H. Lee, R. Notzel, and M. K. Smit, “Lasing in metallic-coated nanocavities,” Nat. Photon. 1, 589–594 (2007).
[Crossref]

De Waardt, H.

M. T. Hill, Y. S. Oei, B. Smalbrugge, Y. Zhu, T. De Vries, P. J. Van Veldhoven, F. W. M. Van Otten, T. J. Eijkemans, J. P. Turkiewicz, H. De Waardt, E. J. Geluk, S. H. Kwon, Y. H. Lee, R. Notzel, and M. K. Smit, “Lasing in metallic-coated nanocavities,” Nat. Photon. 1, 589–594 (2007).
[Crossref]

Eijkemans, T. J.

M. T. Hill, Y. S. Oei, B. Smalbrugge, Y. Zhu, T. De Vries, P. J. Van Veldhoven, F. W. M. Van Otten, T. J. Eijkemans, J. P. Turkiewicz, H. De Waardt, E. J. Geluk, S. H. Kwon, Y. H. Lee, R. Notzel, and M. K. Smit, “Lasing in metallic-coated nanocavities,” Nat. Photon. 1, 589–594 (2007).
[Crossref]

Englund, D.

H. Altug, D. Englund, and J. Vuckovic, “Ultrafast photonic crystal nanocavity laser,” Nat. Phys. 2, 484–488 (2006).
[Crossref]

Fedotov, V. A.

N. I. Zheludev, S. L. Prosvirnin, N. Papasimakis, and V. A. Fedotov, “Lasing spaser,” Nat. Photon. 2, 351–354 (2008).
[Crossref]

Feigenbaum, E.

Frechet, J. M. J.

S. A. Backer, I. Suez, Z. M. Fresco, J. M. J. Frechet, J. A. Conway, S. Vedantam, H. Lee, and E. Yablonovitch, “Evaluation of new materials for plasmonic imaging lithography at 476 nm using near field scanning optical microscopy,” Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures 25, 1336–1339 (2007).
[Crossref]

Fresco, Z. M.

S. A. Backer, I. Suez, Z. M. Fresco, J. M. J. Frechet, J. A. Conway, S. Vedantam, H. Lee, and E. Yablonovitch, “Evaluation of new materials for plasmonic imaging lithography at 476 nm using near field scanning optical microscopy,” Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures 25, 1336–1339 (2007).
[Crossref]

Fujita, P.

T. Baba, P. Fujita, A. Sakai, M. Kihara, and R. Watanabe, “Lasing characteristics of GaInAsP-InP strained quantum-well microdisk injection lasers with diameter of 2–10 μm,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 9, 878–880 (1997).
[Crossref]

Gayral, B.

Geels, R. S.

J. R. Karin, L. G. Melcer, R. Nagarajan, J. E. Bowers, S. W. Corzine, P. A. Morton, R. S. Geels, and L. A. Coldren, “Generation of picosecond pulses with a gain-switched GaAs surface-emitting laser,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 57, 963–965 (1990).
[Crossref]

Geluk, E. J.

M. T. Hill, Y. S. Oei, B. Smalbrugge, Y. Zhu, T. De Vries, P. J. Van Veldhoven, F. W. M. Van Otten, T. J. Eijkemans, J. P. Turkiewicz, H. De Waardt, E. J. Geluk, S. H. Kwon, Y. H. Lee, R. Notzel, and M. K. Smit, “Lasing in metallic-coated nanocavities,” Nat. Photon. 1, 589–594 (2007).
[Crossref]

Gérard, J. M.

Hill, M. T.

M. T. Hill, Y. S. Oei, B. Smalbrugge, Y. Zhu, T. De Vries, P. J. Van Veldhoven, F. W. M. Van Otten, T. J. Eijkemans, J. P. Turkiewicz, H. De Waardt, E. J. Geluk, S. H. Kwon, Y. H. Lee, R. Notzel, and M. K. Smit, “Lasing in metallic-coated nanocavities,” Nat. Photon. 1, 589–594 (2007).
[Crossref]

Hisamoto, D.

D. Hisamoto, W.-C. Lee, J. Kedzierski, H. Takeuchi, K. Asano, C. Kuo, E. Anderson, T.-J. King, J. Bokor, and C. Hu, “FinFET-a self-aligned double-gate MOSFET scalable to 20 nm,” IEEE Trans. Electron. Dev. 47, 2320–2325 (2000).
[Crossref]

Hong, T.

Z. Zhang, L. Yang, V. Liu, T. Hong, K. Vahala, and A. Scherer, “Visible submicron microdisk lasers,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 111119 (2007).
[Crossref]

Hu, C.

D. Hisamoto, W.-C. Lee, J. Kedzierski, H. Takeuchi, K. Asano, C. Kuo, E. Anderson, T.-J. King, J. Bokor, and C. Hu, “FinFET-a self-aligned double-gate MOSFET scalable to 20 nm,” IEEE Trans. Electron. Dev. 47, 2320–2325 (2000).
[Crossref]

Karin, J. R.

J. R. Karin, L. G. Melcer, R. Nagarajan, J. E. Bowers, S. W. Corzine, P. A. Morton, R. S. Geels, and L. A. Coldren, “Generation of picosecond pulses with a gain-switched GaAs surface-emitting laser,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 57, 963–965 (1990).
[Crossref]

Kedzierski, J.

D. Hisamoto, W.-C. Lee, J. Kedzierski, H. Takeuchi, K. Asano, C. Kuo, E. Anderson, T.-J. King, J. Bokor, and C. Hu, “FinFET-a self-aligned double-gate MOSFET scalable to 20 nm,” IEEE Trans. Electron. Dev. 47, 2320–2325 (2000).
[Crossref]

Kihara, M.

T. Baba, P. Fujita, A. Sakai, M. Kihara, and R. Watanabe, “Lasing characteristics of GaInAsP-InP strained quantum-well microdisk injection lasers with diameter of 2–10 μm,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 9, 878–880 (1997).
[Crossref]

Kim, I.

O. Painter, R. K. Lee, A. Scherer, A. Yariv, J. D. O’Brien, P. D. Dapkus, and I. Kim, “Two-Dimensional Photonic Band-Gap Defect Mode Laser,” Science 284, 1819–1821 (1999).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Kim, K. W.

R. Coccioli, M. Boroditsky, K. W. Kim, Y. Rahmat-Samii, and E. Yablonovitch, “Smallest possible electromagnetic mode volume in a dielectric cavity,” Optoelectronics, IEE Proceedings -  145, 391–397 (1998).
[Crossref]

King, T.-J.

D. Hisamoto, W.-C. Lee, J. Kedzierski, H. Takeuchi, K. Asano, C. Kuo, E. Anderson, T.-J. King, J. Bokor, and C. Hu, “FinFET-a self-aligned double-gate MOSFET scalable to 20 nm,” IEEE Trans. Electron. Dev. 47, 2320–2325 (2000).
[Crossref]

Kita, S.

Kuo, C.

D. Hisamoto, W.-C. Lee, J. Kedzierski, H. Takeuchi, K. Asano, C. Kuo, E. Anderson, T.-J. King, J. Bokor, and C. Hu, “FinFET-a self-aligned double-gate MOSFET scalable to 20 nm,” IEEE Trans. Electron. Dev. 47, 2320–2325 (2000).
[Crossref]

Kurokawa, Y.

H. T. Miyazaki and Y. Kurokawa, “Squeezing Visible Light Waves into a 3-nm-Thick and 55-nm-Long Plasmon Cavity,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 097401–097404 (2006).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Kwon, S. H.

M. T. Hill, Y. S. Oei, B. Smalbrugge, Y. Zhu, T. De Vries, P. J. Van Veldhoven, F. W. M. Van Otten, T. J. Eijkemans, J. P. Turkiewicz, H. De Waardt, E. J. Geluk, S. H. Kwon, Y. H. Lee, R. Notzel, and M. K. Smit, “Lasing in metallic-coated nanocavities,” Nat. Photon. 1, 589–594 (2007).
[Crossref]

Lee, H.

S. A. Backer, I. Suez, Z. M. Fresco, J. M. J. Frechet, J. A. Conway, S. Vedantam, H. Lee, and E. Yablonovitch, “Evaluation of new materials for plasmonic imaging lithography at 476 nm using near field scanning optical microscopy,” Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures 25, 1336–1339 (2007).
[Crossref]

Lee, R. K.

O. Painter, R. K. Lee, A. Scherer, A. Yariv, J. D. O’Brien, P. D. Dapkus, and I. Kim, “Two-Dimensional Photonic Band-Gap Defect Mode Laser,” Science 284, 1819–1821 (1999).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Lee, W.-C.

D. Hisamoto, W.-C. Lee, J. Kedzierski, H. Takeuchi, K. Asano, C. Kuo, E. Anderson, T.-J. King, J. Bokor, and C. Hu, “FinFET-a self-aligned double-gate MOSFET scalable to 20 nm,” IEEE Trans. Electron. Dev. 47, 2320–2325 (2000).
[Crossref]

Lee, Y. H.

M. T. Hill, Y. S. Oei, B. Smalbrugge, Y. Zhu, T. De Vries, P. J. Van Veldhoven, F. W. M. Van Otten, T. J. Eijkemans, J. P. Turkiewicz, H. De Waardt, E. J. Geluk, S. H. Kwon, Y. H. Lee, R. Notzel, and M. K. Smit, “Lasing in metallic-coated nanocavities,” Nat. Photon. 1, 589–594 (2007).
[Crossref]

Liu, V.

Z. Zhang, L. Yang, V. Liu, T. Hong, K. Vahala, and A. Scherer, “Visible submicron microdisk lasers,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 111119 (2007).
[Crossref]

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S. A. Maier and H. A. Atwater, “Plasmonics: Localization and guiding of electromagnetic energy in metal/dielectric structures,” J. Appl. Phys. 98, 011101–011110 (2005).
[Crossref]

Melcer, L. G.

J. R. Karin, L. G. Melcer, R. Nagarajan, J. E. Bowers, S. W. Corzine, P. A. Morton, R. S. Geels, and L. A. Coldren, “Generation of picosecond pulses with a gain-switched GaAs surface-emitting laser,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 57, 963–965 (1990).
[Crossref]

Miyazaki, H. T.

H. T. Miyazaki and Y. Kurokawa, “Squeezing Visible Light Waves into a 3-nm-Thick and 55-nm-Long Plasmon Cavity,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 097401–097404 (2006).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

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J. R. Karin, L. G. Melcer, R. Nagarajan, J. E. Bowers, S. W. Corzine, P. A. Morton, R. S. Geels, and L. A. Coldren, “Generation of picosecond pulses with a gain-switched GaAs surface-emitting laser,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 57, 963–965 (1990).
[Crossref]

Nagarajan, R.

J. R. Karin, L. G. Melcer, R. Nagarajan, J. E. Bowers, S. W. Corzine, P. A. Morton, R. S. Geels, and L. A. Coldren, “Generation of picosecond pulses with a gain-switched GaAs surface-emitting laser,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 57, 963–965 (1990).
[Crossref]

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M. Yamada and H. I. a. H. Nagato, “Estimation of the Intra-Band Relaxation Time in Undoped AlGaAs Injection Laser,” Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 19, 135–142 (1980).
[Crossref]

Ni, C.-Y. A.

Nishioka, M.

Y. Arakawa, T. Sogawa, M. Nishioka, M. Tanaka, and H. Sakaki, “Picosecond pulse generation (< 1.8 ps) in a quantum well laser by a gain switching method,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 51, 1295–1297 (1987).
[Crossref]

Notzel, R.

M. T. Hill, Y. S. Oei, B. Smalbrugge, Y. Zhu, T. De Vries, P. J. Van Veldhoven, F. W. M. Van Otten, T. J. Eijkemans, J. P. Turkiewicz, H. De Waardt, E. J. Geluk, S. H. Kwon, Y. H. Lee, R. Notzel, and M. K. Smit, “Lasing in metallic-coated nanocavities,” Nat. Photon. 1, 589–594 (2007).
[Crossref]

Nozaki, K.

O’Brien, J. D.

O. Painter, R. K. Lee, A. Scherer, A. Yariv, J. D. O’Brien, P. D. Dapkus, and I. Kim, “Two-Dimensional Photonic Band-Gap Defect Mode Laser,” Science 284, 1819–1821 (1999).
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M. T. Hill, Y. S. Oei, B. Smalbrugge, Y. Zhu, T. De Vries, P. J. Van Veldhoven, F. W. M. Van Otten, T. J. Eijkemans, J. P. Turkiewicz, H. De Waardt, E. J. Geluk, S. H. Kwon, Y. H. Lee, R. Notzel, and M. K. Smit, “Lasing in metallic-coated nanocavities,” Nat. Photon. 1, 589–594 (2007).
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Otten, F. W. M. Van

M. T. Hill, Y. S. Oei, B. Smalbrugge, Y. Zhu, T. De Vries, P. J. Van Veldhoven, F. W. M. Van Otten, T. J. Eijkemans, J. P. Turkiewicz, H. De Waardt, E. J. Geluk, S. H. Kwon, Y. H. Lee, R. Notzel, and M. K. Smit, “Lasing in metallic-coated nanocavities,” Nat. Photon. 1, 589–594 (2007).
[Crossref]

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O. Painter, R. K. Lee, A. Scherer, A. Yariv, J. D. O’Brien, P. D. Dapkus, and I. Kim, “Two-Dimensional Photonic Band-Gap Defect Mode Laser,” Science 284, 1819–1821 (1999).
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E. D. Palik, Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids (Academic Press, New York, 1998), pp. 350–357.

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N. I. Zheludev, S. L. Prosvirnin, N. Papasimakis, and V. A. Fedotov, “Lasing spaser,” Nat. Photon. 2, 351–354 (2008).
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E. M. Purcell, “Spontaneous emission probabilities at radio frequencies,” Phys. Rev. 69, 681 (1946).

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T. Baba, P. Fujita, A. Sakai, M. Kihara, and R. Watanabe, “Lasing characteristics of GaInAsP-InP strained quantum-well microdisk injection lasers with diameter of 2–10 μm,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 9, 878–880 (1997).
[Crossref]

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Y. Arakawa, T. Sogawa, M. Nishioka, M. Tanaka, and H. Sakaki, “Picosecond pulse generation (< 1.8 ps) in a quantum well laser by a gain switching method,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 51, 1295–1297 (1987).
[Crossref]

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A. K. Sarychev and G. Tartakovsky, “Magnetic plasmonic metamaterials in actively pumped host medium and plasmonic nanolaser,” Phys. Rev. B 75, 085436–085439 (2007).
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Z. Zhang, L. Yang, V. Liu, T. Hong, K. Vahala, and A. Scherer, “Visible submicron microdisk lasers,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 111119 (2007).
[Crossref]

O. Painter, R. K. Lee, A. Scherer, A. Yariv, J. D. O’Brien, P. D. Dapkus, and I. Kim, “Two-Dimensional Photonic Band-Gap Defect Mode Laser,” Science 284, 1819–1821 (1999).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

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M. T. Hill, Y. S. Oei, B. Smalbrugge, Y. Zhu, T. De Vries, P. J. Van Veldhoven, F. W. M. Van Otten, T. J. Eijkemans, J. P. Turkiewicz, H. De Waardt, E. J. Geluk, S. H. Kwon, Y. H. Lee, R. Notzel, and M. K. Smit, “Lasing in metallic-coated nanocavities,” Nat. Photon. 1, 589–594 (2007).
[Crossref]

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M. T. Hill, Y. S. Oei, B. Smalbrugge, Y. Zhu, T. De Vries, P. J. Van Veldhoven, F. W. M. Van Otten, T. J. Eijkemans, J. P. Turkiewicz, H. De Waardt, E. J. Geluk, S. H. Kwon, Y. H. Lee, R. Notzel, and M. K. Smit, “Lasing in metallic-coated nanocavities,” Nat. Photon. 1, 589–594 (2007).
[Crossref]

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Y. Arakawa, T. Sogawa, M. Nishioka, M. Tanaka, and H. Sakaki, “Picosecond pulse generation (< 1.8 ps) in a quantum well laser by a gain switching method,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 51, 1295–1297 (1987).
[Crossref]

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S. A. Backer, I. Suez, Z. M. Fresco, J. M. J. Frechet, J. A. Conway, S. Vedantam, H. Lee, and E. Yablonovitch, “Evaluation of new materials for plasmonic imaging lithography at 476 nm using near field scanning optical microscopy,” Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures 25, 1336–1339 (2007).
[Crossref]

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D. Hisamoto, W.-C. Lee, J. Kedzierski, H. Takeuchi, K. Asano, C. Kuo, E. Anderson, T.-J. King, J. Bokor, and C. Hu, “FinFET-a self-aligned double-gate MOSFET scalable to 20 nm,” IEEE Trans. Electron. Dev. 47, 2320–2325 (2000).
[Crossref]

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Y. Arakawa, T. Sogawa, M. Nishioka, M. Tanaka, and H. Sakaki, “Picosecond pulse generation (< 1.8 ps) in a quantum well laser by a gain switching method,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 51, 1295–1297 (1987).
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A. K. Sarychev and G. Tartakovsky, “Magnetic plasmonic metamaterials in actively pumped host medium and plasmonic nanolaser,” Phys. Rev. B 75, 085436–085439 (2007).
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M. T. Hill, Y. S. Oei, B. Smalbrugge, Y. Zhu, T. De Vries, P. J. Van Veldhoven, F. W. M. Van Otten, T. J. Eijkemans, J. P. Turkiewicz, H. De Waardt, E. J. Geluk, S. H. Kwon, Y. H. Lee, R. Notzel, and M. K. Smit, “Lasing in metallic-coated nanocavities,” Nat. Photon. 1, 589–594 (2007).
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Z. Zhang, L. Yang, V. Liu, T. Hong, K. Vahala, and A. Scherer, “Visible submicron microdisk lasers,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 111119 (2007).
[Crossref]

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S. A. Backer, I. Suez, Z. M. Fresco, J. M. J. Frechet, J. A. Conway, S. Vedantam, H. Lee, and E. Yablonovitch, “Evaluation of new materials for plasmonic imaging lithography at 476 nm using near field scanning optical microscopy,” Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures 25, 1336–1339 (2007).
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M. T. Hill, Y. S. Oei, B. Smalbrugge, Y. Zhu, T. De Vries, P. J. Van Veldhoven, F. W. M. Van Otten, T. J. Eijkemans, J. P. Turkiewicz, H. De Waardt, E. J. Geluk, S. H. Kwon, Y. H. Lee, R. Notzel, and M. K. Smit, “Lasing in metallic-coated nanocavities,” Nat. Photon. 1, 589–594 (2007).
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H. Altug, D. Englund, and J. Vuckovic, “Ultrafast photonic crystal nanocavity laser,” Nat. Phys. 2, 484–488 (2006).
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T. Baba, P. Fujita, A. Sakai, M. Kihara, and R. Watanabe, “Lasing characteristics of GaInAsP-InP strained quantum-well microdisk injection lasers with diameter of 2–10 μm,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 9, 878–880 (1997).
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S. A. Backer, I. Suez, Z. M. Fresco, J. M. J. Frechet, J. A. Conway, S. Vedantam, H. Lee, and E. Yablonovitch, “Evaluation of new materials for plasmonic imaging lithography at 476 nm using near field scanning optical microscopy,” Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures 25, 1336–1339 (2007).
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E. Yablonovitch, (manuscript in progress).

Yamada, M.

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G. Björk and Y. Yamamoto, “Analysis of semiconductor microcavity lasers using rate equations,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 27, 2386–2396 (1991).
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Z. Zhang, L. Yang, V. Liu, T. Hong, K. Vahala, and A. Scherer, “Visible submicron microdisk lasers,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 111119 (2007).
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Yariv, A.

O. Painter, R. K. Lee, A. Scherer, A. Yariv, J. D. O’Brien, P. D. Dapkus, and I. Kim, “Two-Dimensional Photonic Band-Gap Defect Mode Laser,” Science 284, 1819–1821 (1999).
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Z. Zhang, L. Yang, V. Liu, T. Hong, K. Vahala, and A. Scherer, “Visible submicron microdisk lasers,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 111119 (2007).
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N. I. Zheludev, S. L. Prosvirnin, N. Papasimakis, and V. A. Fedotov, “Lasing spaser,” Nat. Photon. 2, 351–354 (2008).
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M. T. Hill, Y. S. Oei, B. Smalbrugge, Y. Zhu, T. De Vries, P. J. Van Veldhoven, F. W. M. Van Otten, T. J. Eijkemans, J. P. Turkiewicz, H. De Waardt, E. J. Geluk, S. H. Kwon, Y. H. Lee, R. Notzel, and M. K. Smit, “Lasing in metallic-coated nanocavities,” Nat. Photon. 1, 589–594 (2007).
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N. I. Zheludev, S. L. Prosvirnin, N. Papasimakis, and V. A. Fedotov, “Lasing spaser,” Nat. Photon. 2, 351–354 (2008).
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M. T. Hill, Y. S. Oei, B. Smalbrugge, Y. Zhu, T. De Vries, P. J. Van Veldhoven, F. W. M. Van Otten, T. J. Eijkemans, J. P. Turkiewicz, H. De Waardt, E. J. Geluk, S. H. Kwon, Y. H. Lee, R. Notzel, and M. K. Smit, “Lasing in metallic-coated nanocavities,” Nat. Photon. 1, 589–594 (2007).
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R. Coccioli, M. Boroditsky, K. W. Kim, Y. Rahmat-Samii, and E. Yablonovitch, “Smallest possible electromagnetic mode volume in a dielectric cavity,” Optoelectronics, IEE Proceedings -  145, 391–397 (1998).
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H. T. Miyazaki and Y. Kurokawa, “Squeezing Visible Light Waves into a 3-nm-Thick and 55-nm-Long Plasmon Cavity,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 097401–097404 (2006).
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O. Painter, R. K. Lee, A. Scherer, A. Yariv, J. D. O’Brien, P. D. Dapkus, and I. Kim, “Two-Dimensional Photonic Band-Gap Defect Mode Laser,” Science 284, 1819–1821 (1999).
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Figures (4)

Fig. 1.
Fig. 1. Conceptual diagram of different optical emitters: (a) LED (b) laser (c) cavity-enhanced LED.

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Fig. 2.
Fig. 2. (a) Contour plot of optimal 3-dB bandwidth for various nLED cavities with different modal volumes and quality factors. Bandwidth enhancement is found for small modal volumes, where there is a high Purcell enhancement. The dotted line (Qopt ) separates devices dominated by strong (above dotted line) and weak (below dotted line) coupling regimes. The strong-coupling regime is shaded, as it demonstrates richer dynamics and cannot be simply described by bandwidth. (b) Optimum 3-dB bandwidth and Q versus cavity volume.

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Fig. 3.
Fig. 3. (a) Normalized frequency response as a function of different pump currents for a Purcell-enhanced nanocavity light emitter with Q = 400 and Vn = 0.2. The largest 3-dB bandwidth (red circle) occurs below threshold and is f 3dB,max ≈ 200 GHz. When biased above threshold, the bandwidth decreases to 6 GHz. (b) Spontaneous emission (SpE) and stimulated emission (StE) rates versus pump current (normalized to J 1). For currents below the dotted line, the SpE rate is greater than the StE rate. This is reversed above J 1. (c) Resonance frequency (fR ) and (d) damping rate (γ) versus current. In (c) and (d), the contributions from SpE and StE are separately shown using a “Sp” and “St” subscript, respectively. (e) 3-dB bandwidth (f 3dB) versus current. When StE dominates, the bandwidth drops due to increased damping from gain compression. (f) Contour plot of maximum 3-dB bandwidth for nanocavity-emitters (including both lasers and LEDs) with different modal volumes and quality factors. The dashed contour separates the devices where the maximum bandwidth is found below or above J 1, labeled “LED” and “Conventional Lasers”, respectively. The strong-coupling regime is similarly labeled with a dotted line as in Fig. 2. The “x” marks the example device in panel (a) through (e).

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Fig. 4.
Fig. 4. (a) Schematic of proposed nLED structure. P and N are the ends of a P-I-N diode, where the intrinsic region is covered by the passivation layer and silver. Front and side cross-sections of the electric field magnitude profile for (b) Vn = 0.007 and (c) Vn = 0.0015.

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Equations (16)

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F=6π2 QVn ,
dNdt=J−GS−FβNτsp0−(1−β)Nτsp0−Nτnr
dSdt=[ΓG−1τp]S+ΓFβNτsp0,
H(ω)≡ΔS(ω)ΔJ(ω)=Γτp1(1+jωγp)(1+jωγsp),
f3dB,max≈12π 1τp2+τsp2 .
Qopt=π2τsp0ω0Vn6,
f3dB,opt≈12π 3ω0π2τsp0Vn .
H(ω)=Γ(aS0+γsp)ωR2−ω2+jγω.
ωR2=1τp(aS0+γsp)+ΓτΔN(apS0+γspN0S0)
γ=aS0(1+Γapa)+γsp+γp−ΓG,
f3dB=12π ωR2−12γ2+(ωR2−12γ2)2+ωR4.
G=g0ln(N+NsNtr+Ns),
a≡∂G∂N=11+εSg0N+Nsandap≡−∂G∂S=εG1+εS.
a≡∂G∂N=11+εSg0N+Nsandap≡−∂G∂S=εG1+εS.
η=1/τrad1/τrad+1/τloss ,
1Qtot=1Qrad+1Qloss.

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