Observation of nonlinear input-output power characteristic of light emission from an electrically-biased metallic photonic crystal
Abstract We report, to the best of our knowledge, the first realization of an electrically-biased, resonant-cavity metallic photonic-crystal (PC) emitter. The PC device is electrically-biased and is driven out of thermal equilibrium. The PC emission exhibits a strongly nonlinear input-output power c...
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| author | Mei-Li Hsieh Tyler Romero J. A. Bur Xuanjie Wang Jhih-Sheng Wu Shankar Narayan Sajeev John Shawn-Yu Lin |
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| description | Abstract We report, to the best of our knowledge, the first realization of an electrically-biased, resonant-cavity metallic photonic-crystal (PC) emitter. The PC device is electrically-biased and is driven out of thermal equilibrium. The PC emission exhibits a strongly nonlinear input-output power characteristic at the resonant peak wavelength, λ ~ 1.7 μm. Particularly, at lower bias, the emission power shows an exponential growth over 3 orders-of-magnitude. At higher bias, the growth slows down and shows a linear dependence on input power. This observed output/input characteristic may arise from non-equilibrium injection of hot electrons, the excitation of localized surface plasmons at the interior surfaces of the PC and photon emission to optical passband modes of the PC/ resonant cavity structure. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ddbc6de3e75045bb9e0c5e846b532c272025-08-20T02:15:07ZengNature Portfolionpj Nanophotonics2948-216X2025-05-01211710.1038/s44310-025-00062-9Observation of nonlinear input-output power characteristic of light emission from an electrically-biased metallic photonic crystalMei-Li Hsieh0Tyler Romero1J. A. Bur2Xuanjie Wang3Jhih-Sheng Wu4Shankar Narayan5Sajeev John6Shawn-Yu Lin7The Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteThe Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteThe Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteThe Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteThe Department of Photonics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityThe Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteThe Department of Physics, University of TorontoThe Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteAbstract We report, to the best of our knowledge, the first realization of an electrically-biased, resonant-cavity metallic photonic-crystal (PC) emitter. The PC device is electrically-biased and is driven out of thermal equilibrium. The PC emission exhibits a strongly nonlinear input-output power characteristic at the resonant peak wavelength, λ ~ 1.7 μm. Particularly, at lower bias, the emission power shows an exponential growth over 3 orders-of-magnitude. At higher bias, the growth slows down and shows a linear dependence on input power. This observed output/input characteristic may arise from non-equilibrium injection of hot electrons, the excitation of localized surface plasmons at the interior surfaces of the PC and photon emission to optical passband modes of the PC/ resonant cavity structure.https://doi.org/10.1038/s44310-025-00062-9 |
| spellingShingle | Mei-Li Hsieh Tyler Romero J. A. Bur Xuanjie Wang Jhih-Sheng Wu Shankar Narayan Sajeev John Shawn-Yu Lin Observation of nonlinear input-output power characteristic of light emission from an electrically-biased metallic photonic crystal npj Nanophotonics |
| title | Observation of nonlinear input-output power characteristic of light emission from an electrically-biased metallic photonic crystal |
| title_full | Observation of nonlinear input-output power characteristic of light emission from an electrically-biased metallic photonic crystal |
| title_fullStr | Observation of nonlinear input-output power characteristic of light emission from an electrically-biased metallic photonic crystal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Observation of nonlinear input-output power characteristic of light emission from an electrically-biased metallic photonic crystal |
| title_short | Observation of nonlinear input-output power characteristic of light emission from an electrically-biased metallic photonic crystal |
| title_sort | observation of nonlinear input output power characteristic of light emission from an electrically biased metallic photonic crystal |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s44310-025-00062-9 |
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