Semiconductor nanowires have demonstrated exciting properties for nanophotonics,
sensors, energy technologies, and end-of-roadmap and beyond-roadmap electronic …

Semiconductor nanowires are a class of materials recently gaining increasing interest for
solar cell applications. In this article we review the development of the field with a special …

Silicon crystallized in the usual cubic (diamond) lattice structure has dominated the
electronics industry for more than half a century. However, cubic silicon (Si), germanium …

Near-infrared (NIR) solid-state micro/nanolasers are important building blocks for true
integration of optoelectronic circuitry. 1 Although significant progress has been made in III–V …

Near-infrared lasers are important for optical data communication, spectroscopy and
medical diagnosis. Semiconductor nanowires offer the possibility of reducing the footprint of …

We report the growth of stacking-fault-free and taper-free wurtzite InP nanowires with
diameters ranging from 80 to 600 nm using selective-area metal–organic vapor-phase …

Semiconductor nanowires are widely considered to be the next frontier in the drive towards
ultra-small, highly efficient coherent light sources. While NW lasers in the visible and …

In recent years, III–V semiconductor nanowires have been widely investigated for infrared
photodetector applications due to their direct and suitable bandgap, unique optical and …

Present day nanowire solar cells have reached an efficiency of 17.8%. Nanophotonic
engineering by nanowire tapering allows for high solar light absorption. In combination with …

Spectroscopy and imaging in the terahertz (THz) region of the electromagnetic spectrum has
proven to provide important insights in fields as diverse as chemical analysis, materials …