Using a bottom-up integration approach and exploiting helical-mode resonance in a nanopillar, scientists have now demonstrated that it is possible to grow nanolasers directly on silicon substrates.
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Hill, M. Nanolasers with a twist. Nature Photon 5, 130–131 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2011.21
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