Modulation of Nanowire Emitter Arrays Using Micro-LED Technology.

Xia, Zhongyi; Jevtics, Dimitars; Guilhabert, Benoit Jack Eloi; McKendry, Jonathan J D; Gao, Qian; Tan, Hark Hoe; Jagadish, Chennupati; Dawson, Martin D et al. · ACS Nano · 2025

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A scalable excitation platform for nanophotonic emitters using individually addressable micro-LED-on-CMOS arrays is presented. Heterogeneous integration by transfer printing of semiconductor nanowires was used for the deterministic assembly of the infrared emitters embedded in polymer optical waveguides with a high yield and positional accuracy. Direct optical pumping of these emitters is demonstrated using micro-LED pixels as a source, with optical modulation (on-off keying) measured up to 150 MHz. A micro-LED-on-CMOS array of pump sources was employed to demonstrate individual control of multiple waveguide-coupled nanowire emitters in parallel, enabling future large-scale photonic integrated circuit applications.