Robust single-mode lasers based on hexagonal CdS microflakes

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (32) ◽  
pp. 11201-11208
Author(s):  
Yang Mi ◽  
Yaoyao Wu ◽  
Jinchun Shi ◽  
Sheng-Nian Luo

We have achieved single-mode whispering-gallery-mode lasing in CdS microflakes with sharp linewidth (∼0.12 nm) and high quality factor (∼4200). Such lasers are superior to previous CdS lasers in these lasing parameters. Through time-resolved photoluminescence measurements, electron–hole plasma recombination is established to be the lasing mechanism. The radiative recombination rate of CdS microflakes is enhanced by a factor of ∼4.7 due to the Purcell effect.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minghong Xie ◽  
Wenxiao Gong ◽  
Lei Kong ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
Yang Mi ◽  
...  

Abstract Perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) have emerged as attractive gain materials for solution-processed microlasers. Despite the recent surge of reports in this feld, it is still challenging to develop low-cost perovskite NCbased microlasers with high performance. Herein, we demonstrate low-threshold, spectrally tunable lasing from ensembles of CsPbBr3 NCs deposited on silica microspheres. Multiple whispering-gallery-mode lasing is achieved from individual NC/microspheres with a low threshold of ∼3.1 µJ cm−2 and cavity quality factor of ∼1193. Through time-resolved photoluminescence measurements, electron-hole plasma recombination is elucidated as the lasing mechanism. By tuning the microsphere diameter, the desirable single-mode lasing is successfully achieved. Remarkably, the CsPbBr3 NCs display durable room-temperature lasing under ∼107 shots of pulsed laser excitation, substantially exceeding the stability of conventional colloidal NCs. These CsPbBr3 NC-based microlasers can be potentially useful in photonic applications.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Liao ◽  
Lan Yang

AbstractTemperature is one of the most fundamental physical properties to characterize various physical, chemical, and biological processes. Even a slight change in temperature could have an impact on the status or dynamics of a system. Thus, there is a great need for high-precision and large-dynamic-range temperature measurements. Conventional temperature sensors encounter difficulties in high-precision thermal sensing on the submicron scale. Recently, optical whispering-gallery mode (WGM) sensors have shown promise for many sensing applications, such as thermal sensing, magnetic detection, and biosensing. However, despite their superior sensitivity, the conventional sensing method for WGM resonators relies on tracking the changes in a single mode, which limits the dynamic range constrained by the laser source that has to be fine-tuned in a timely manner to follow the selected mode during the measurement. Moreover, we cannot derive the actual temperature from the spectrum directly but rather derive a relative temperature change. Here, we demonstrate an optical WGM barcode technique involving simultaneous monitoring of the patterns of multiple modes that can provide a direct temperature readout from the spectrum. The measurement relies on the patterns of multiple modes in the WGM spectrum instead of the changes of a particular mode. It can provide us with more information than the single-mode spectrum, such as the precise measurement of actual temperatures. Leveraging the high sensitivity of WGMs and eliminating the need to monitor particular modes, this work lays the foundation for developing a high-performance temperature sensor with not only superior sensitivity but also a broad dynamic range.


2022 ◽  
pp. 2108884
Author(s):  
Rui Duan ◽  
Zitong Zhang ◽  
Lian Xiao ◽  
Xiaoxu Zhao ◽  
Yi Tian Thung ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (41) ◽  
pp. 12869-12875 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liyun Zhao ◽  
Qiuyu Shang ◽  
Yan Gao ◽  
Bao Jin ◽  
Tianyou Zhai ◽  
...  

Room temperature two-photon pumped green-color whispering-gallery-mode lasing from cadmium sulfide microflakes with dimensions below 60 nm.


2002 ◽  
Vol 09 (02) ◽  
pp. 1333-1338 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. VIELHAUER ◽  
M. KIRM ◽  
V. KISAND ◽  
E. NEGODIN ◽  
E. SOMBROWSKI ◽  
...  

Valence-exciton luminescence under inner-shell excitation of the rare gas solids Xe, Kr, and Ar has been measured using time-resolved photoluminescence. Two different processes for exciton creation can be distinguished: creation of "prompt" excitons immediately after excitation (within the experimental time resolution), and creation of "delayed" excitons through electron–hole recombination. The decay structure of the exciton emission in the range of inner-shell excitation is characterized by the coexistence of the two processes. Time-resolved excitation spectra near the 2p edge in Ar, the 3d edge in Kr, and the 4d edge in Xe are discussed. The process of prompt exciton creation is strongly enhanced above an excitation threshold at the energy position of the ionization limit of the core state plus the energy of the valence free exciton.


Author(s):  
Qiulin Ma ◽  
Tobias Rossmann ◽  
Zhixiong Guo

An optical micro-coupling system of whispering-gallery mode usually consists of a resonator (e.g. a sphere) and a coupler (e.g. a taper). In this report, silica microspheres of 50–500 μm in diameter are fabricated by hydrogen flame fusing of an end of a single mode fiber or fiber taper. Fiber tapers are fabricated by the method of heating and pulling that meets an adiabatic condition. Taper’s waist diameter can routinely be made less than 1 μm and almost zero transmission loss in a taper is achieved which allows an effective and phase-matched coupling for a wide range sizes of microspheres. Both resonators and couplers’ surface microstructure and shapes are examined by scanning electronic microscopy. Three regimes of coupling are achieved, enabling a good flexibility to control Q value and coupling efficiency of a micro-coupling system. Whispering gallery mode shift is used to demonstrate a novel temperature micro-sensor. Its sensitivity determined from actual experimental results agrees well with the theoretical value. A concept of using the photon’s cavity ring down (CRD) in the microsphere to make a novel high-sensitivity trace gas micro-sensor is proposed. The CRD time constant when ammonia is chosen as the analyte gas is predicted using the simulated absorption lines.


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