Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

Giant photothermal nonlinearity in a single silicon nanostructure

  • Yi-Shiou Duh,
  • Yusuke Nagasaki,
  • Yu-Lung Tang,
  • Pang-Han Wu,
  • Hao-Yu Cheng,
  • Te-Hsin Yen,
  • Hou-Xian Ding,
  • Kentaro Nishida,
  • Ikuto Hotta,
  • Jhen-Hong Yang,
  • Yu-Ping Lo,
  • Kuo-Ping Chen,
  • Katsumasa Fujita,
  • Chih-Wei Chang,
  • Kung-Hsuan Lin,
  • Junichi Takahara,
  • Shi-Wei Chu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17846-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Resonant structures are a promising method to enhance the nonlinear response of Si, however they are typically larger than 10 μm. Here, the authors present Si nano-resonators that amplify photothermal nonlinearity, resulting in reversible and repeatable modulation.