title: Plasmonic-photonic crystal coupled nanolaser.
abstract: We propose and demonstrate a hybrid photonic-plasmonic nanolaser that combines the light harvesting features of a dielectric photonic crystal cavity with the extraordinary confining properties of an optical nano-antenna. For this purpose, we developed a novel fabrication method based on multi-step electron-beam lithography. We show that it enables the robust and reproducible production of hybrid structures, using a fully top-down approach to accurately position the antenna. Coherent coupling of the photonic and plasmonic modes is highlighted and opens up a broad range of new hybrid nanophotonic devices.
authors.affiliation: Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon (INL), UMR 5270 CNRS-ECL-INSA-UCBL, Université de Lyon, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, 36 Avenue Guy de Collongue, Ecully, 69134, France.
authors.forename: Taiping
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ségolène
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Callard
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jamois
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chevalier
authors.forename: Di
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Belarouci