Large-diameter indium antimonide microwire based broadband and robust optical switch

Fei Lou*, Xiangpeng Cui, Xinyue Sheng, Chunyan Jia, Shuaiyi Zhang, Xia Wang, Vladislav Khayrudinov, Baitao Zhang, Shande Liu, Wing Yim Tam, Harri Lipsanen, He Yang, Jingliang He

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Abstract

Various nanophotonic devices based on semiconductor wires with a diameter of several ten nanometers have been studied. Nevertheless, studying the optoelectronics properties and performance of such devices based on large-diameter wires is interesting and meaningful. Here, we successfully grew the micronsized indium antimonide (InSb) wires, and examined their nonlinear optical properties by Z-scan and I-scan (power-dependent) methods within the wavelength range of 0.8–2.8 µm. Furthermore, we demonstrated InSb microwires (MWs) working as an effective and robust optical switch within 1–2.8 µm wavelength. The findings can open possibilities for research on more large-diameter MWs made from other semiconductor materials for photonic and electronic devices.

Original languageEnglish
Article number224211
JournalScience China: Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy
Volume66
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2023
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

  • all-solid-state laser
  • broadband optical switch
  • indium antimonide
  • microwire
  • nonlinear optical property

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