Fabrication and photonic properties of 1-D II-VI semiconductor nanostructures

One dimensional semiconducting materials show perfect crystal and excellent optical properties due to the quantum confinement and optical cavity effect, may find applications in future micro- and nano-photonic devices. In this paper author reviewed recent results on the fabrication and photonic properties of various nanowires (nanbeits) in the top level labs, discussed the developing directions in this field. Furthermore, author reported a series of findings in his own group, including the formation of II-VI semiconductor nanowires (nanobelts), and their luminescence and lasing behaviors, discussed the different lasing mechanisms in varied nanostructures, like exciton-exciton interaction, bipolaronic exciton coherent emission and plasmas. These findings will facilitate the fabrication of new photonic devices in the near future.