Compound Semiconductor Nanowire Laser Integrated in Silicon Photonic Crystal.

Compound semiconductor nanowires were integrated in silicon photonic crystals to form nano-cavities in arbitrary places, achieving the first nanowire laser that oscillates continuously at communication wavelengths. High-speed modulation at 10 Gbit/s was demonstrated. This laser is the ultimate hetero- structure material hybrid device, having gain material only within the cavity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]