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Lukas R Jäger1,2, Wei Wen Wong2, Carsten Ronning1
1Institute of Solid State Physics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany.
Nano Letters
|September 17, 2025
Summary
Engineered indium phosphide nanowire (NW) lasers offer controlled light emission directionality. This breakthrough enables on-chip optical communication and imaging by precisely tuning NW coupling for beam steering applications.
Area of Science:
- Semiconductor Nanostructures
- Optoelectronics
- Photonics
Background:
- Nanowire (NW) lasers are key for compact, coherent on-chip light sources.
- Controlling emission directionality in NW lasers is challenging due to fabrication complexities.
- Existing methods often require post-epitaxy manipulation, limiting integration.
Purpose of the Study:
- To demonstrate spatially engineered far-field emission from vertically emitting InP NW lasers.
- To achieve controlled directionality without post-epitaxy transfer or alignment.
- To explore NW arrangements for advanced beam steering functionalities.
Main Methods:
- Site-selective growth of InP NWs.
- Precise control of optical coupling between NWs.
- Design and fabrication of NW pairs and triplets.
- Tuning inter-NW gap to modify lasing modes (TE01).
- Numerical simulations for far-field profile analysis.
Main Results:
- Achieved spatially engineered far-field emission from InP NW lasers.
- Demonstrated transformation of far-field profiles (doughnut to double-lobed) by tuning coupling gap.
- NW pairs and triplets lasing in the TE01 mode were successfully grown.
- Numerical studies confirmed enhanced directionality in periodic NW arrays.
Conclusions:
- Precise optical coupling of site-selective NWs enables controlled emission directionality.
- This method provides a foundation for integrated coherent light generation and beam steering.
- Engineered NW metasurfaces show potential for directional lasing applications.

