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Article Dans Une Revue Optics Express Année : 2019

III-nitride on silicon electrically injected microrings for nanophotonic circuits

Christelle Brimont
Thierry Guillet
Bruno Gayral

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Nanophotonic circuits using group III-nitrides on silicon are still lacking one key component: efficient electrical injection. In this paper we demonstrate an electrical injection scheme using a metal microbridge contact in thin III-nitride on silicon mushroom-type microrings that is compatible with integrated nanophotonic circuits with the goal of achieving electrically injected lasing. Using a central buried n-contact to bypass the insulating buffer layers, we are able to underetch the microring, which is essential for maintaining vertical confinement in a thin disk. We demonstrate direct current room-temperature electroluminescence with 440 mW/cm 2 output power density at 20 mA from such microrings with diameters of 30 to 50 µm. The first steps towards achieving an integrated photonic circuit are demonstrated.
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hal-02100722 , version 1 (16-04-2019)

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Farsane Tabataba-Vakili, Stéphanie Rennesson, Benjamin Damilano, Eric Frayssinet, Jean-Yves Duboz, et al.. III-nitride on silicon electrically injected microrings for nanophotonic circuits. Optics Express, 2019, 27 (8), pp.11800-11808. ⟨10.1364/OE.27.011800⟩. ⟨hal-02100722⟩
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