title: Light coupling and modulation in coupled nanowire ring-Fabry-Pérot cavity.
abstract: CdS nanowire (NW) ring cavities were fabricated and studied for the first time. The rings with radii from 2.1 to 5.9 microm were fabricated by a nanoprobe system installed in a scanning electron microscope. Radius dependent whispering gallery modes (WGMs) were observed. A straight CdS NW with Fabry-Pérot (F-P) cavity structure was fabricated and placed by the side of a NW ring cavity to form a coupled ring-F-P cavity. When the NW ring was excited by a focused laser, a bright green light spot was observed at the output end of the straight NW, indicating that the latter had served as an effect waveguide to couple the light out from the ring cavity. The corresponding light spectrum showed that the WGMs had been modulated. We confirmed that the NW F-P cavity had served as a modulator. Such a coupled cavity has potential application in a nanophotonic system.
authors.affiliation: State Key Lab for Mesoscopic Physics and School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Ren-Min
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Xian-Long
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Lun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Shi-Feng
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Song
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yue
authors.forename: Zhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Qin
mesh_terms: D019187:Cadmium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D008027:Light; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D053770:Nanowires / Q000737:chemistry*; D012666:Semiconductors; D013440:Sulfides / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D019187:Cadmium Compounds; D013440:Sulfides; C034939:cadmium sulfide