<p>The miniaturization of optical devices with the advancement of micro/nano technology has led to the development of many research fields and various practical applications. Plasmonic nanolasers have attracted a lot of attention due to their ability to confine light in dimensions below the diffraction limit as well as the significant reduction of semiconductor laser dimensions. However, plasmonic nanolasers have a low quality factor due to plasmonic losses, which limits the performance of plasmonic nanolasers. In this paper, a hybrid plasmonic nanolaser with a structure consisting of GaP gain material, silver metal, graphene layer, silica, and air gap is designed, and by choosing different gain materials such as InP, WS<sub>2</sub>, MoS<sub>2</sub>, and MoTe<sub>2</sub>, the effective refractive index and quality (<i>Q</i>) factor are simulated. Also, the effect of air gap on the mentioned parameters is investigated. The results show that by choosing the WS<sub>2</sub> material for the hybrid plasmonic nanolaser and the air gap dimensions of 25 nm width and 10 nm length, the maximum <i>Q</i> factor of 328.7 is obtained which is higher than those reported in the literature.</p>

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Designing Hybrid Plasmonic Nanolasers with High Quality Factors

  • Nazila Khosravi,
  • Hassan Pakarzadeh

摘要

The miniaturization of optical devices with the advancement of micro/nano technology has led to the development of many research fields and various practical applications. Plasmonic nanolasers have attracted a lot of attention due to their ability to confine light in dimensions below the diffraction limit as well as the significant reduction of semiconductor laser dimensions. However, plasmonic nanolasers have a low quality factor due to plasmonic losses, which limits the performance of plasmonic nanolasers. In this paper, a hybrid plasmonic nanolaser with a structure consisting of GaP gain material, silver metal, graphene layer, silica, and air gap is designed, and by choosing different gain materials such as InP, WS2, MoS2, and MoTe2, the effective refractive index and quality (Q) factor are simulated. Also, the effect of air gap on the mentioned parameters is investigated. The results show that by choosing the WS2 material for the hybrid plasmonic nanolaser and the air gap dimensions of 25 nm width and 10 nm length, the maximum Q factor of 328.7 is obtained which is higher than those reported in the literature.