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Yeshaiahu (Shaya) Fainman Department of ECE, Jacobs School of Engineering
University of California, San Diego La Jolla, California 92093-0407
Tel: (858) 534-8909; Fax: (858) 534-1225; E-mail: [email protected]
http://emerald.ucsd.edu
Nanophotonics Technology and Applications
Lyncean Group, September 6, 2013
Outline/Contents
• Introduction: Technology Drive
• Nanophotonics Process
• Monolithic SOI Integration Platform
• Heterogeneous Integration with SOI
• Optofluidic nano-plasmonics
• Testing for Manufacturability
• Conclusions
FUNDAMENTALS
CHIP-SCALE SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY
Introduction: Technology Drive • Optical Interconnects for on-chip Multi-Core Computing
• Optics in Data Centers
Challanges: • Difficult to scale • Energy inefficient • Expensive • Cabeling complexity
CENTER FOR INTEGRATED ACCESS NETWORKS
• Nanostructured composites compatible with Si CMOS technology enables miniaturization and integration of information systems on a chip • Nanophotonics advances scalable and energy efficient computing platforms for stationary and mobile applications • Nanophotonics is being developed in collaboration with industry (SUN/Oracle)
Optofluidic information systems: “Making sense of sensing”
Future information systems will integrate electrical, optical, fluidic, magnetic, mechanical, acoustic, chemical, and biological signals and processes on a chip
VCSEL+Near-field polarizer: polarization control, mode stabilization, and heat management
Composite nonlinear, E-O, and artificial dielectric materials control and enhance near-field coupling
Near-field coupling between pixels in Form-birefringent CGH (FBCGH) FBCGH provides dual-
functionality for focusing and beam steering
Wavelength ( µ m) 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.5
Ref
lect
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Information I/O through surface wave, guided wave,and optical fiber from near-field edge and surface coupling
Near-field E-O modulator controls optical properties and near-field micro-cavity enhances the effect
+V -V
Angle (degree) 20 30 40
TM E
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Near-field E-O Modulator + micro-cavity
FBCGH VCSEL
Near-field E-O coupler
Micro polarizer
Fiber tip Grating coupler
Thickness ( µ m) 0.60 0.65 0.70 0.75 0.80
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RCWA Transparency Theory
Near-field coupling
Plasmonics
Applications: Optical interconnects for chip communications, optical feedback + gain for signal processing , biomedical sensing OPTOFLUIDICS
What are the opportunities for nanophotonics?
• We can use lithography to “write” optical functional materials and devices, and exploit near field optical phenomena
• Subwavelength features act as a metamaterial with optical properties controlled by the density and geometry of the constituent materials
The ultimate challenge Field localization on nanoscale: Create nanophotonic systems to increase field interaction (cross-section) with confined material • Silicon Photonics • Nanoresonators/Nanolasers • Plasmonics
Goals: –Investigate near-field optical and quantum phenomena in nanostructures and resonators –Develop modeling and simulation tools for resonant and nonlinear interactions in QE
materials –Optimize design of multifunctional, integrated nanophotonic devices and sub-systems
utilizing near-field effects –Develop near-field manipulation and characterization tools and tools for manipulation, control
and validation (amplitude, phase, time, etc.) of near-field devices and their interference –Fabricate and characterize example devices and integrated sub-systems for proof-of-concept
and validation of modeling/optimization, fabrication and characterization tools
Establishing Nanophotonics Process
Near-field Optical Systems Science
Fabrication Characterization
Design and simulation
Feedback from characterization of fabricated systems enable improvement of design/fabrication process
Performance analysis enables improvement of system design and verification of modeling simulation tools
Reliable modeling tools permit easy system design optimization
• Monolithic Si photonics – CMOS • Heterogeneous III-V on SOI
• Nanophotonic probe station • Near field system testing
• Multidomain Optimization • Optical Spice
Design and Modeling Tools: UCSD-RCWA, R-SOFT, COMSOL
Polarization-selective resonant ring cavity time delay
TE modes: Resonant & delayed by ring cavity
TM modes: Not resonant with ring cavity
Multicavity resonant delay line
Pol-selective mirror TM-Transmitted
TE-Reflected
Resonant phase modulator
Index Modulation (∆n)
-0.0010 -0.0005 0.0000 0.0005 0.0010
Pha
se C
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ad)
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3-layer front mirror5-layer front mirror7-layer front mirror9-layer front mirror11-layer front mirror
Form-birefringent modes
I. Richter, P.-C. Sun, F. Xu and Y. Fainman “Design of form birefringent microstructures,” Appl. Opt. 34, 2421–2429 (1995).
SiO2
Substrate
Fabrication of Nanophotonic Devices
∆WS = 50 nm WS = 500 nm
H = 250 nm
DBR single mode high-Q resonators
H.-C. Kim, K. Ikeda, and Y. Fainman, JLT and Opt. Lett., 2007
Microring resonator Photonic crystal device
High resolution lithography enables construction of various nanophotonic components and devices
140nm
1µm (320nm mod.)
Si
Si
Rib waveguide for larger size
cavity
New Calit2 Photonics Nanofabrication and Chip-scale Testing Facilities
Calit2 Building: Opened Nov 2005
New Nanofabrication Facility Nano3
State of the Art E-beam from December 2012
( , ) cos( ( ) ), ) ,(R R S RS SI I x yI I I x xt yy φ φω= + + ∆ −+
Heterodyne NSOM
Performance: • Telecom wavelength • Amplitude and phase • Linear & nonlinear effects • Measures: modal content, group delay, losses, index • Time resolution: ~1 fsec • Coherent detection with heterodyne gain Er/Es ~ 104
Near-field amplitude Near-field phase Output amplitude x
y
Topography
Simultaneously generated images of an SOI waveguide:
Outline/Contents
• Introduction: Technology Drive
• Nanophotonics Process
• Monolithic SOI Integration Platform
• Heterogeneous Integration with SOI
• Optofluidic nano-plasmonics
• Testing for Manufacturability
• Conclusions
Λ << λ
Λ a
TMTE
εIIIεI
ε F (1 )TE = εIII + − F ε I
εTM = ε I εIII
Fε I + (1 − F )εIII
Duty cycle F=( Λ-a)/ Λ
TMTE
ε F (1 )TE = εIII + − F εI
εTM = ε I ε III
Fε I + (1 − F )ε III
∆Φ
=ΦTE
-ΦTM
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Grating thickness d/λ
Λ/λ=0.01�Λ/λ=0.1�Λ/λ=0.3�Λ/λ=0.4
Some properties of form birefringence
∆n=0.2 crystal
Stratified periodic structure Negative uniaxial crystal
Duty cycle
0.00.51.01.52.02.53.03.54.0
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Λ/λ=0.1� Λ/λ=0.2� Λ/λ=0.3 ∆
Φ=Φ
TE-Φ
TM [
rad]
Dielectric Metamaterials: Form Birefringence
I. Richter, P.-C. Sun, F. Xu and Y. Fainman “Design of form birefringent microstructures,” Appl. Opt. 34, 2421–2429 (1995).
Resonant Photonic Structutes
In Out
Horizontal grating on top
Vertical grating on sidewalls
Two step process (waveguide grating) or (grating waveguide)
Motivation: Simple Fabrication of Si-Photonic Wires
One step process (all structures in one step)
SiO2
Si SiO2
Si substrate
Kim, Ikeda, and Fainman, JLT and Opt. Lett., 2007
Resonant Filter with Vertical Gratings
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Rib waveguide for larger size
cavity
250nm
500nm (50nm modulation)
Channel waveguide for smaller size
Si
SiO2
cavity
Q=2600
Transmittance
19nm
6Å
Modulated optically by 514nm laser with thermal nonlinearity
0mW 3.3mW 6.6mW 10mW
1554.8nm
λ=1554.8nm
Modulated output
High quality resonator is obtained without any other structure than the waveguide (small footprint), with one step lithographic process (easy fabrication).
Silicon-based functional optical devices, such as modulator, filter and detector, are desirable for on-chip photonic interconnections. The vertical grating structure enables configuring functional devices with small dimensions and CMOS compatible fabrication. Kim, Ikeda, and Fainman, JLT and Opt. Lett., 2007
Top View Bragg conditions
Backward coupling in WG1 (Port1 input)
Backward coupling in WG2 (Port2 input)
Cross coupling between WG1 and WG2
Design: (1) Satisfy 3 Bragg conditions for desired wavelengths changing (W1, W2, Λ) (2) Determine coupling coefficients for desired bandwidths by changing (∆W1, ∆W2, G) (3) Determine length (L) of the structure to obtain the necessary extinction ratios
Λ
∆W1 W1
L
∆W2 W2
β1
β2
1
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G
1 122 ( ) πβ λ =Λ1 1 1 1( ) ( )β λ β β λΛ− = −
2 222 ( ) πβ λ =Λ
1 22( ) ( )c cπβ λ β λ+ =Λ
2 2 2 2( ) ( )β λ β β λΛ− = −
1 2( ) ( )c cβ λ β β λΛ− = −
Wavelength Selective Coupler with Resonant Photonic Wires on Silicon Chip
Photonic wire: add-drop filter for WDM
Port3 Port4
WG1
WG2
550nm
430nm 250nm
SEM micrograph
Port2
Port1
Port4 80µm
Port3
K. Ikeda, M. Nezhad and Y. Fainman, "Wavelength Selective Coupler with Vertical Gratings on Silicon Chip," APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS Volume: 92 Issue: 20 Article Number: 201111: MAY 19 2008
Microscope image
Si Substrate
H
W2
Si
W1
Si SiO2
1 by 4 Wavelength Division Multiplexer Design and Characterization
z = L/2z
z = -L/2
ΔW2ΔW1
G2
W1
W2
ΛB {
Port 4 Port 5
W4
W3
W5
G3
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Transmission Port
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D. T. H. Tan, K. Ikeda, S. Zamek, A. Mizrahi, M.P. Nezhad, A.V. Krishnamoorthy, K. Raj, J.E. Cunningham, X. Zheng, I. Shubin, Y. Luo and Y. Fainman, "Wide bandwidth, low loss 1 by 4 wavelength division multiplexer on silicon for optical interconnects," Opt. Express. 19, 2401-2409 (2011).
Zoom in Port #4
• 3dB bandwidth of 3nm per channel • 6 nm channel separation • < 0.8dB ripple in the passband of each channel • Insertion loss of 1dB • 16dB inter-channel crosstalk suppression
Measured performance:
Importance of Pulse Compression • Localization in time domain will benefit applications such as imaging,
spectroscopy and communicationsOTDM • Compression is often used as alternative to mode locking to derive the
necessary short pulses • High compression factors and CMOS compatibility are important
H. C. H. Mulvad, M. Galili, L. K. Oxenløwe, H. Hu, A. T. Clausen, J. B. Jensen, C. Peucheret, and P. Jeppesen, “Demonstration of 5.1 Tbit/s data capacity on a single-wavelength channel,” Opt. Express 18, 1438–1443 (2010).
Pulse Compression Approaches:
Nonlinear, dispersive medium
Solitonic compression Compression with Dispersive Element
Self Phase Modulation
L. F. Mollenauer, R. H. Stolen, and J. P. Gordon, “Experimental observation of picosecond pulse narrowing and solitons in optical fibers,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 45, 1095 (1980).
W. J. Tomlinson, R. H. Stolen, and C. V. Shank, “Compression of optical pulses chirped by self-phase modulation in fibers”, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 1 , 139 (1984)
Input, spectrally narrow,
temporally wide
Spectrally and temporally
wide
Output, spectrally wide and
temporally narrow
Dispersive Grating
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Input, spectrally narrow,
temporally wide
Spectrally and temporally
wide
Output, spectrally wide and
temporally narrow
Dispersive Grating
a
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Nanophotonic circuit: Ultrafast Compression of Optical Pulses on a Silicon Chip
Scanning electron micrograph of dispersive grating before deposition of SiO2 overcladding
• Input pulses are spectrally broadened due to self phase modulation (via the Kerr nonlinearity in the highly confined silicon nanowire waveguide) • The pulse is compressed by the dispersive grating leading to spectrally wide and temporally narrow output pulses.
c
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Calculated quasi-TE mode profile for silicon nanowire waveguide used for self phase modulation
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D.T.H. Tan , P. C. Sun and Y. Fainman, Monolithic nonlinear pulse compressor on a silicon chip, Nature Communications, 1, 1113, 2010
Outline/Contents
• Introduction: Technology Drive
• Nanophotonics Process
• Monolithic SOI Integration Platform
• Heterogeneous Integration with SOI
• Optofluidic nano-plasmonics
• Testing for Manufacturability
• Conclusions
Detector
Electrical I/O Block B
λ3
Detector
Detector
λ2
Electrical I/O
Modulator
Modulator
Modulator
λ2 λ3
Block A
Source λ3
Source λ1
Source λ2
Optical interconnects and networking on a Si chip
Fast Modulators
Liu, Nature, 2004
Xu, Nature, 2005
Add/Drop Filters
Lee, Opt. Lett. 2006
Ikeda, APL 2008
Nezhad, Nat. Phot. 2010 Hill, Nature Photon. 2009
Miniature Optical Sources
Huang, Nature Photon. 2007
Waveguides
Integrated networking on a chip
Small, No EM Interference, Efficient
Passive (Si)
Active (Si, III-V)
Challenge: create a low-loss metal coated resonator enabling lasing (threshold gain < 200 cm-1) with the following features:
• (1) room temperature operation • (2) subwavelength size in all 3-D and • (3) isolation from near field interactions
Optimal condition does not correspond to Rgain=Rout
•A. Mizrahi, V. Lomakin, B. A. Slutsky, M. P. Nezhad, L. Feng, and Y. Fainman, "Low Threshold Gain Metal Coated Laser Nanoresonators", Opt. Lett., vol. 33, no. 11, pp. 1261-1263, June 2008 •Our later designs replace the substrate side with air, but gain threshold requirement does not change significantly
Our Approach: Use Dielectric Shield
Fabrication results
Array of etched nanolasers
After RIE and BOE After PECVD of SiO2
After Al sputtering After HCl etch (Note: different size laser is
shown here)
Nanolaser aperture
M. P. Nezhad, A. Simic, O. Bondarenko, B. A. Slutsky, A. Mizrahi, L. Feng, V. Lomakin, and Y. Fainman, Nature Photonics, (2010).
Lasing conditions: Pump at 1064nm pulsed PW=12ns, Rep rate 300KHz
Room-Temperature Lasing
Lasing Wavelength:1430nm Lasing Threshold: 700µW/µm2 Linewidth: 0.9nm
M. P. Nezhad, A. Simic, O. Bondarenko, B. A. Slutsky, A. Mizrahi, L. Feng, V. Lomakin, and Y. Fainman, Nature Photonics (2010).
Core size: 420nm/490nm Diameter=0.75 λ Height=0.9 λ
Challenge - create a laser that operates without threshold • efficient conversion of emited light into lasing mode • subwavelength size in all 3-D • isolation from near field interactions • thresholdless operation
Nanoscale coaxial lasers
M. Khajavikhan, A. Simic, M. Kats, J. H. Lee, B. Slutsky, A. Mizrahi, V. Lomakin, and Y. Fainman, “Thresholdless Nanoscale Coaxial Lasers” Nature, 10840, February 2012
TEM-like scalable mode of coaxial resonator alleviates the threshold constrain
Electromagnetic Analysis
Structure A Rcore=225 nm
Δ=75 nm h1= 20 nm h2= 210 nm h3= 30 nm
Structure B Rcore=200 nm
Δ=100 nm h1= 20 nm h2= 210 nm h3= 30 nm
- nanoscale structure results in discrete sparse sets of mode in the spectral domain - spectral location of modes can be determined by tailoring the size, inner-outer radius- height of the plugs and gain region, etc. - the gain acts as a spectral filter for the modes - ultimately we can design a cavity that has only one confined mode in the gain bandwidth
Thresholdless Laser For the single mode nanoscale coaxial cavity β→1:
Spontaneous emission coupling into the continuous spectrum of the free space radiation modes is minimized in nanoscale coaxial cavities because: 1- the metallic cover protects the emitters in the gain region from coupling to radiation modes 2- the ultra-small aperture of nanocoax cavity blocks most of the radiation modes from penetrating into the cavity
spontaneous emission into the lasing mode
spontaneous emission into the continuous spectrum of the free space radiation modes → 0
spontaneous emission other cavity modes
spontaneous emission into the lasing mode
β=
→1
Light-light Measurement: Structure A T = 4 K Room-temperature
Spectrum Evolution
-At low pump power multimode nature of the cavity is reflected into the modified PL.
-Blue shift of the spectrum with power
Light-light curve
-The laser shows three regions of operation: PL-ASE-Lasing -Rate equation model predicts that almost 20 percent of the spontaneous emission couples to the lasing mode (β≈0.2)
-Because of higher temperature, the non radiative surface recombination dominates at lower pump levels and Auger non-radiative recombination dominates at higher pump levels
PL
Lasing
ASE
rate equation model
- Below threshold the linewidth is proportional to the inverse of power as predicted by Schawlow-Townes formula
- Above threshold the linewidth depends on many parameters including the gain-index coupling (α) and spontaneous emission coupling factor (β)
Linewidth
Schawlow-Townes
Light-light Measurement: Structure A T = 4 K T= 4.5 K
Spectrum Evolution
-At low pump power multimode nature of the cavity is reflected into the modified PL
-Blue shift of the spectrum with power
Light-light curve
-The laser shows three regions of operation: PL-ASE-Lasing -Rate equation model predicts that almost 20 percent of the spontaneous emission couples to the lasing mode (β≈0.2)
PL
Lasing
ASE
rate equation model
- Below threshold the linewidth is proportional to the inverse of power as predicted by Schawlow-Townes formula
- Above threshold the linewidth depends on many parameters including the gain-index coupling (α) and spontaneous emission coupling factor (β)
Linewidth Schawlow-Townes
Light-light Measurement: Structure B T = 4 K T = 4.5 K
Spectrum Evolution
- Single narrow Lorentzian emission is obtained over the entire five-orders-of-magnitude range of pump power - the linewidth at lowest pump powers agrees with the calculated Q of the TEM-like mode
-Blue shift of the spectrum with power
Light-light curve
- No distinguishable ASE kink - Rate equation model predicts that more than 95 percent of the spontaneous emission couples to the lasing mode (β≥0.95)
rate equation model
- No sub-threshold narrowing of linewidth with inverse power (Schawlow-Townes formula)
Linewidth
Outline/Contents
• Introduction: Technology Drive
• Nanophotonics Process
• Monolithic SOI Integration Platform
• Heterogeneous Integration with SOI
• Optofluidic nano-plasmonics
• Testing for Manufacturability
• Conclusions
Optofluidics (DARPA’s Opto Center)
Center for Optofluidic Integration
Main Challenges: - Create novel devices that are uniquely enabled by fluids - Dynamic adaptation of optical properties - Integration of optical and biochemical functionality 500 nm 50 µm 5 mm
E F G
Vision: Combine Optics and Microfluidics
Main Challenges: • Create novel devices uniquely enabled by fluids integrated with optics • Use microfluidics delivery of biomolecules, viruses and cells for optical interrogation • Create optical field localization devices to increase interaction cross-section by co-localizing it with biomolecules for sensing and imaging
- Plasmonic localization
Optofluidic Nanoplasmonics: Combine Nanoplasmonics and Microfluidics
Overview of activities
• SPP over a nanohole array – integration with microfluidics – universal biosensing
experiments • Plasmonic Focusing and Field
Localization – Diffractive Focusing of SPP – Plasmonic Photonic Crystal – Resonant Nano-Focusing-
Antenna (RNFA)
Al
Si
SPP
Incidence
Al Si
aD
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xy
z
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yz
SiAu
H-NSOM
SiO2
Au
Si
SiO2
TEz
Si
T. W. Ebbesen, et. al. Nature 391, 667 (1998)
3-D Metallodielectric Nanostructure for Enhanced SPR Sensing
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Substrate__SiO2
ARC
Polymer Polymer
Au Au
Control signal shows linear attachment of streptavidin from 0.6nm for 16nM to 0.3nm for 8nM
• Resonant coupling to enhance localized SPP field • Enhanced sensitivity bio-sensing • Monitoring of surface hydrophilicity • Calibration and monitoring of binding affinity e.g. Biotinated-BSA and Streptavidin 2-D composite nanoresonant design and fabricated device
Narrowed linewidth of farfield intensity
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Monitoring of surface monolayer
Initial states: Signal channel immobilized BSA-biotin Control channel: Clear Au surface
Lead to 400pM detection limit with 30pm spectral resolution
Immobilization: 50ug/ml BSA-biotin Binding events: Streptavidin of 16nM, 8nM and 0.8nM (1, 0.5 and 0.05 ug/ml)
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Signal channel: BSA-biotin Control channel: BSA Control signal allows to acount for environmental effects and nonspecific binding
Non-specific binding subtraction shows 0.8nM streptavidin detection
16nM
8nM
8nM
0.8nM
Chen,Pang, Kher, Fainman, APL 94, 073117, 2009
Nanopillar
Initial RIE etch to create nanopillar
Large Rim Opening
260-nm rim diameter nanocrescent (using standard sputtering setup)
Smaller Rim Opening
140-nm rim diameter nanotorch (using new sputtering setup)
Even Smaller Rim Opening
50-nm rim diameter nanocrescent (using new sputtering setup)
• Used Renishaw inVia Raman system with StreamlineTM Raman Imaging
• Measurement Process 1) SERS substrate is immersed in benzenethiol for
3 hours 2) Rinsed with ethanol 3) Raman imaging of sample to locate nanotorch 4) Maximize Raman signal by incrementally moving
substrate so laser beam is focused onto single nanotorch and perform point-measurement
SERS Measurements
SERS Measurement of Nanotorch
x5
~1.5 x 106 for the 260-nm opening for 1573 cm-1 mode ~8.2 x 106 for the 140-nm opening—6X times
neat BT
260-nm
140-nm
H. M. Chen et al (submitted)
Measurements of Reproducibility
Peak [cm-1] Mode Std. Dev.
1000 ν (C-C-C) 20.0%
1023 ν (C-H) 12.3%
1074 ν(C-C-C) and ν (C-S) 12.6%
1573 ν (C-C-C) 16.5%
< 20% deviation H. M. Chen et al (submitted)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS • Colleagues and postdocs: Vitaliy Lomakin (UCSD), Harry
Wieder (UCSD), C. Tu (UCSD), A. Krishnamoorthy (Sun/Oracle), Boris Slutsky (UCSD), M. Nezhad (UCSD), L. Pang (UCSD), U. Levy (HUJI), H. C. Kim, K. Ikeda, A. Mizrahi (UCSD), M. Khajavikhan (UCSD), J. H. Lee (UCSD)
• Students:D. Tan, L. Feng, O. Bondarenko, M. Abashin, A. Simak, M. Ayache, S. Zamek, K. Tetz, M. Chen
• Funding : NSF, DARPA, SPAWAR, ARO, Cymer Inc., and Oracle
• Bill Mitchell at the UCSB nanofabrication facility
• UCSD Nano3 Facility
Conclusions/Summary Material design flexibility (Choice of materials, composition, and geometry) Novel Functionality (Near-field phenomena, Field localization, Enhanced nonlinearities) Miniaturization, Integration and Packaging (Compatible with CMOS process) Multifunctionality and Dynamic Adaptation (Integrating polarization and spectral
dispersion, modulation, filtering, manipulation, detection, and generation of light) (1) Monolithic Si-photonic chip-scale integration: pulse compressor • Demonstration of self-phase modulation in Si • Demonstration of multiport dispersion compensation devices • Integration of discrete elements into a Si-photonic sub-system on a chip using
CMOS compatible SOI platform (2) Heterogeneous Integration • Demonstration of optimal composite 3D metal-dielectric-semiconductor
nanolasers with threshold gain allowing room temperature operation. • Demonstration of electrically pumped III-V nanolasers integrable with SOI • Demonstrated Thresholdless nanolasers (3) Optofluidic Plasmonics • Integration of microfluidics with Plasmonics • Plasmonic field localization for biosensing • Demo integrated biosensors (4) Near field testing for manufacturability: H-NSOM and CSTF • Demo H-NSOM operating with liquid cladding for testing photonic lightwave circuits
Nanophotonics technology for on-chip systems integration provides: