(Invited) Ultrathin Gap Nanoantenna: Crystal Phase Transitions and Luminescent Properties

We report Te-doped GaP nanowires (NWs) with positive tapering and radii measuring as low as 5 nm grown by the self-assisted vapor-liquid-solid mechanism using selective-area molecular beam epitaxy. The occurrence of the ultrathin nanoantenna showed a dependence on pattern pitch (separation between NWs) with a predominance at 600 nm pitch, and exhibited radius oscillations that correlate with polytypic zincblende/wurtzite segments. A growth …