Size dependence of the Directional Scattering Conditions on Semiconductor Nanoparticles

TL;DR

This study numerically investigates how the size of semiconductor nanoparticles influences their directional light scattering, revealing an unexpected linear relationship that could impact the design of optical devices.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive numerical analysis of size effects on directional scattering in various semiconductor nanoparticles, highlighting a novel linear behavior.

Findings

Identified a linear size dependence in directional scattering conditions.

Analyzed multiple semiconductor materials over a broad size range.

Provided reference data for future optical device design.

Abstract

The resonant modes observed in semiconductor nanoparticles and the coherence interaction between them, producing directional light scattering, may be very interesting for CMOS integrated all-optical devices. In these systems the control over the light scattering should be crucial, as well as the strength of this control. Fabrication parameters such as the size and shape of the nanoparticles and the optical properties of the environment can strongly affect to the emergence of these phenomena. In this work, we numerically explore the size dependence of the directional scattering conditions of semiconductor nanoparticles. Several semiconductor materials and a large size range have been considered to be a reference for further works. An interesting and unexpected linear behavior has been observed.