Data-driven Discovery for Robust Optimization of Semiconductor Nanowire Lasers

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Main Authors: Church, Stephen A, Vitale, Francesco, Gopakumar, Aswani, Gagrani, Nikita, Zhang, Yunyan, Jiang, Nian, Tan, Hark Hoe, Jagadish, Chennupati, Liu, Huiyun, Joyce, Hannah, Ronning, Carsten, Parkinson, Patrick
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author Church, Stephen A
Vitale, Francesco
Gopakumar, Aswani
Gagrani, Nikita
Zhang, Yunyan
Jiang, Nian
Tan, Hark Hoe
Jagadish, Chennupati
Liu, Huiyun
Joyce, Hannah
Ronning, Carsten
Parkinson, Patrick
author_facet Church, Stephen A
Vitale, Francesco
Gopakumar, Aswani
Gagrani, Nikita
Zhang, Yunyan
Jiang, Nian
Tan, Hark Hoe
Jagadish, Chennupati
Liu, Huiyun
Joyce, Hannah
Ronning, Carsten
Parkinson, Patrick
contents Active wavelength-scale optoelectronic components are widely used in photonic integrated circuitry, however coherent sources of light -- namely optical lasers -- remain the most challenging component to integrate. Semiconductor nanowire lasers represent a flexible class of light source where each nanowire is both gain material and cavity; however, strong coupling between these properties and the performance leads to inhomogeneity across the population. While this has been studied and optimized for individual material systems, no architecture-wide insight is available. Here, nine nanowire laser material systems are studied and compared using 55,516 nanowire lasers to provide statistically robust insight into performance. These results demonstrate that, while it may be important to optimise internal quantum efficiency for certain materials, cavity effects are always critical. Our study provides a roadmap to optimize the performance of nanowire lasers made from any material: this can be achieved by ensuring a narrow spread of lengths and end-facet reflectivities.
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spellingShingle Data-driven Discovery for Robust Optimization of Semiconductor Nanowire Lasers
Church, Stephen A
Vitale, Francesco
Gopakumar, Aswani
Gagrani, Nikita
Zhang, Yunyan
Jiang, Nian
Tan, Hark Hoe
Jagadish, Chennupati
Liu, Huiyun
Joyce, Hannah
Ronning, Carsten
Parkinson, Patrick
Optics
Materials Science
Active wavelength-scale optoelectronic components are widely used in photonic integrated circuitry, however coherent sources of light -- namely optical lasers -- remain the most challenging component to integrate. Semiconductor nanowire lasers represent a flexible class of light source where each nanowire is both gain material and cavity; however, strong coupling between these properties and the performance leads to inhomogeneity across the population. While this has been studied and optimized for individual material systems, no architecture-wide insight is available. Here, nine nanowire laser material systems are studied and compared using 55,516 nanowire lasers to provide statistically robust insight into performance. These results demonstrate that, while it may be important to optimise internal quantum efficiency for certain materials, cavity effects are always critical. Our study provides a roadmap to optimize the performance of nanowire lasers made from any material: this can be achieved by ensuring a narrow spread of lengths and end-facet reflectivities.
title Data-driven Discovery for Robust Optimization of Semiconductor Nanowire Lasers
topic Optics
Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.12643