A Metal Nanoparticle Photonic Bandgap Device in SOI (NC#97882). The device includes a substrate having a semiconductor layer over an insulator layer; a photonic bandgap structure having at least one period operatively coupled to the substrate, adapted to receive and output amplified light along a predetermined path; a metal nanoparticle structure, operatively coupled to the photonic bandgap structure and the substrate, adapted to receive and amplify light rays and output amplified light.