Low-Threshold Conjugated Polymer Distributed Feedback Lasers on InP Substrate

We demonstrate a low threshold polymer solid state thin-film distributed feedback （DFB） laser on an InP substrate with the DFB structure. The used gain medium is conjugated polymer poly[2-methoxy-5-（2-ethylhexyloxy）-l, 4- phenylenevinylene] （MEH-PPV） doped polystyrene （PS） and formed by drop-coating method. The second order Bragg scattering region on the InP substrate gave rise to strong feedback, thus a lasing emission at 638.9nm with a line width of 1.2nm is realized when pumped by a 532nm frequency-doubled Nd：YAG pulsed laser. The devices show a laser threshold as low as 7n J/pulse.     

Random Bragg-grating-based wavelength-tunable random fiber laser with a full-open cavity

A full-open-cavity wavelength-tunable random fiber laser(WT-RFL) with compact structure and hundreds of picometers tuning range is proposed and demonstrated. A π fiber Bragg grating(FBG) is used in the WT-RFL as a filter to select lasing wavelengths. The two random Bragg grating arrays(RBGAs) and a section of high gain erbium-doped fiber result in a low lasing threshold and high stability. A numerical model to analyze the tunable characteristics is developed. The results show that the laser threshold is 22 m W, and the maximum peak-power fluctuation is 0.55 d B. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first time that a compact and full-open-cavity WT-RFL with two RBGAs and a π-FBG is proposed.     

Random lasing in dye-doped polymer dispersed liquid crystal film

A dye-doped polymer-dispersed liquid crystal film was designed and fabricated,and random lasing action was studied.A mixture of laser dye,nematic liquid crystal,chiral dopant,and PVA was used to prepare the dye-doped polymer-dispersed liquid crystal film by means of microcapsules.Scanning electron microscopy analysis showed that most liquid crystal droplets in the polymer matrix ranged from 30 μm to 40 μm,the size of the liquid crystal droplets was small.Under frequency doubled 532 nm Nd:YAG laser-pumped optical excitation,a plurality of discrete and sharp random laser radiation peaks could be measured in the range of 575–590 nm.The line-width of the lasing peak was 0.2 nm and the threshold of the random lasing was 9 m J.Under heating,the emission peaks of random lasing disappeared.By detecting the emission light spot energy distribution,the mechanism of radiation was found to be random lasing.The random lasing radiation mechanism was then analyzed and discussed.Experimental results indicated that the size of the liquid crystal droplets is the decisive factor that influences the lasing mechanism.The surface anchor role can be ignored when the size of the liquid crystal droplets in the polymer matrix is small,which is beneficial to form multiple scattering.The transmission path of photons is similar to that in a ring cavity,providing feedback to obtain random lasing output.     

Electrically Pumped Room-Temperature Pulsed InGaAsP-Si Hybrid Lasers Based on Metal Bonding

A pulsed InGaAsP-Si hybrid laser is fabricated using metal bonding. A novel structure in which the optical coupling and metal bonding areas are transversely separated is employed to integrate the silicon waveguide with an InGaAsP multi-quantum well distributed feedback structure. When electrically pumped at room temperature, the laser operates with a threshold current density of 2.9 kA/cm^2 and a slope efficiency of 0.02 W/A. The 1542nm laser output exits mainly from the Si waveguide.     

Room temperature NO_2 gas sensing of Au-loaded tungsten oxide nanowires/porous silicon hybrid structure

In this work, we report an enhanced nitrogen dioxide(NO_2) gas sensor based on tungsten oxide(WO_3)nanowires/porous silicon(PS) decorated with gold(Au) nanoparticles. Au-loaded WO_3 nanowires with diameters of 10 nm–25 nm and lengths of 300 nm–500 nm are fabricated by the sputtering method on a porous silicon substrate. The high-resolution transmission electron microscopy(HRTEM) micrographs show that Au nanoparticles are uniformly distributed on the surfaces of WO_3 nanowires. The effect of the Au nanoparticles on the NO_2-sensing performance of WO_3 nanowires/porous silicon is investigated over a low concentration range of 0.2 ppm–5 ppm of NO_2 at room temperature(25℃). It is found that the 10-? Au-loaded WO_3 nanowires/porous silicon-based sensor possesses the highest gas response characteristic. The underlying mechanism of the enhanced sensing properties of the Au-loaded WO_3 nanowires/porous silicon is also discussed.     

Photoluminescence and Optically Pumped Ultraviolet Lasing from Nanocrystalline ZnO Thin Films Prepared by Thermal Oxidation of High—Quality ZnS Thin Films

We present a simple and useful method for preparing high-quality nanocrystalline ZnO thin films,i.e.the thermal oxidation of high-quality ZnS films prepared by the low-pressure metal-organic chemical vapour deposition technique.The x-ray diffraction measurements reveal that the nanocrystalline ZnO has a hexagonal wurtzite structure.Raman spectra show that the longitudinal optical phonon with the E1-mode appears at 578 cm^-1.The multiple phonon scattering process is also observed,indicating the formation of a high-quality nanocrystalline ZnO thin film.The photoluminescence spectrum has a single emission peak at 3.264eV from the free-exciton mission,under the condition of low excitation power at room temperature.However,when excitation intensities exceed the threshold of 150kW/cm^2,a new and narrow peak emerges at lower energies,which are attributed to exciton-exciton collisions,and is called the P line.The intensity of this peak increases superlinearly with the pumping power over a threshold value.This supplies strong evidence of stimulated emission.The multiple longitudinal cavity modes observed in the stimulated emission spectrum indicate the successful realization of optically pumped lasing from nanocrystalline ZnO films at room temperature.     

Mechanism of Low Threshold Lasing of Dye Solution Embedding in Nanoparticle Fractal Aggregates

We study the single-photon and two-photon induced emission properties of dye solution embedded with nanoparticle fractal aggreagates.The spectral and temporal experimental results show that the lasing threshold of single photon absorption of a neat dye solution;while that of two-photon absorption does not.These experimental results imply that this low threshold single-photon absorption lasing mainly results from the mechanism of random walking,instead of Anderson localization.unless somthing about two-photon induced emission is unknown.     

Electrical transport and photoresponse properties of single-crystalline p-type Cd3As2 nanowires

Cd3As2 is an important II–V group semiconductor with excellent electrical and optoelectronic properties. In this work, we report the large scale growth of single-crystalline Cd3As2 nanowires via a simple chemical vapor deposition method. Single nanowire field-effect transistors were fabricated with the as-grown Cd3As2 nanowires, which exhibited a high I on/I off of 104 with a hole mobility of 6.02 cm2V-1s-1. Photoresponse properties of the Cd3As2 nanowires were also investigated by illuminating the nanowires with white light by varying intensities. Besides, flexible photodetectors were also fabricated on flexible PET substrate, showing excellent mechanical stablility and flexible electro-optical properties under various bending states and bending cycles. Our results indicate that Cd3As2 nanowires can be the basic material of next generation electronic and optoelectronic devices.     

Random Bragg-gratings-based narrow linewidth random fiber laser with a π-phase-shifted FBG

A new structure of short-cavity random fiber laser(RFL) with narrow linewidth lasing is proposed. Aπ-phase-shifted fiber Bragg grating(FBG) loop mirror was used in the RFL for spectral filtering and to suppress multi-mode oscillation due to the narrow transmission window. The random feedback of the RFL was implemented by a randomly dispersed weak reflection FBG array. The high gain of the erbium-doped fiber and a half-open cavity design results in a low lasing threshold. The linewidth of the laser was 225 Hz with58 d B side-mode-suppression ratio. The laser threshold was 4.5 mW, and the optical signal-to-noise ratio was up to 63 dB.     

Low-temperature characteristics of two-color InAs/InP quantum dots laser

We report on the lasing characteristics of a two-color InAs/InP quantum dots(QDs)laser at a low tem-perature.Two lasing peaks with a tunable gap are simultaneously observed.At a low temperature of 80 K,a tunable range greater than a 20-nm wavelength is demonstrated by varying the injection current from 30 to 500 mA.Under a special condition,we even observe three lasing peaks,which are in contrast to those observed at room temperature.The temperature coefficient of the lasing wavelength was obtained for the two colors in the 80?280 K temperature range,which is lower than that of the reference quantum well(QW)laser working in the same wavelength region.     

Optically and electrically pumped random lasing from ZnO films annealed at different temperatures

We have investigated the optically and electrically pumped random lasing (RL) actions in ZnO films annealed at low and high temperatures respectively. While the optically pumped RL threshold for the ZnO film annealed at a low temperature, which features stronger light scattering and larger optical loss, is far higher than that for the ZnO film annealed at a high temperature, the electrically pumped RL threshold currents for the two ZnO films are almost the same with the electrical pumping scheme of metal-insulator-semiconductor structure. It is suggested that if the lasing region within the ZnO film is narrow enough in the case of electrical pumping, the strong light scattering can substantially alleviate the adverse effect of large optical loss on the onset of RL.     

脉冲激光沉积法制备的ZnO薄膜的低阈值电抽运紫外随机激射

分别采用直流反应溅射法和脉冲激光沉积法在硅衬底上沉积ZnO薄膜, 用X射线衍射、扫描电镜、光致发光谱等手段对两种方法沉积的ZnO薄膜的结晶状态、 表面形貌和光致发光等进行了表征. 进一步对比研究了以上述两种方法制备的ZnO薄膜作为发光层的金属-绝缘体-半导体结构器件的电抽运紫外随机激射. 结果表明, 与以溅射法制备的ZnO薄膜作为发光层的器件相比, 以脉冲激光沉积法制备的ZnO薄膜为发光层的器件具有更低的紫外光随机激射阈值电流和更高的输出光功率. 这是由于脉冲激光沉积法制备的ZnO薄膜中的缺陷更少, 从而显著地减少了紫外光在光散射过程中的光损耗. 关键词： 随机激射 ZnO薄膜 脉冲激光沉积 溅射     

聚苯胺/ZnO纳米线薄膜材料作为发光层的柔性光电器件 及其发光机理

综合氧化锌纳米线(ZnO NWs)的光学活性与聚苯胺(PANI)的空穴传输特性,设计并制备了一种聚合物/ZnO纳米线电致发光材料,并对其发光特性进行了研究。通过高分子络合软模板法,将有序的单晶ZnO NWs均匀生长在覆有铟锡氧化物(ITO)涂层的柔性聚乙烯对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯(PET)衬底上并嵌入PANI薄膜,获得了电致发光薄膜材料和有机/无机异质结实验器件ITO/(ZnO NWs-PANI)。有机/无机异质结器件电致发光可调,在相对低的开启电压下呈现室温蓝紫外发光,并且ZnO NWs表面覆盖PANI增加了蓝紫外发光的强度和稳定性;而无PANI的ZnO NWs阵列具有450 nm处的缺陷发射峰,这可能是电子从扩展态锌间隙Zn_i到价带的跃迁引起的。这些结果表明,基于PANI/ZnO纳米线的复合材料在柔性光电器件方面的应用极具潜力。     

Random laser action in ZnO

We report a direct evidence of random laser in optically pumped ZnO powder. Discrete lasing modes are observed above threshold. The laser emission spectra depend on the angle of observation and are random. The lasing action is attributed to the coherent feedback due to recurrent light scattering in the powder. The lasing threshold intensity depends on the excitation volume. Received: 15 September 1999 / Revised version: 2 February 2000 / Published online: 5 July 2000     

Lasing with guided modes in ZnO nanorods and nanowires

A vertically arranged nearly parallel array of ZnO nanorods and randomly oriented nanowires has been grown by low pressure chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on silica substrates and on stainless steel gauze woven from a wire with a diameter of 40 μm, respectively. The quality of the produced material is high enough to act as a gain medium for stimulated emission in the ultraviolet spectral region. Multiple sharp lasing peaks were realized from single hexagonal nanorods and arrays of hexagonal ZnO nanorods. The lasing peaks display successive onset and saturation with increasing excitation power density and fit well the expected resonance spectrum of guided modes in hexagonal nanorods. The behavior of lasing spectra from shot to shot of pumping in randomly oriented nanowires along with the independence of the lasing threshold on the excitation spot area suggest that the emission spectrum results from the superposition of lasing modes in individual nanowires, rather than from random lasing due to photon coherent scattering.     

Synthesis, morphology and random laser action of ZnO nanostructures

Three-dimensional (3-D) ZnO random-wall nanostructures and one-dimensional (1-D) ZnO nanorods were prepared on silicon substrates by a simple solid-vapour phase thermal sublimation technique. Optical pumped random lasing has been observed in the ZnO random-wall arrays with a threshold intensity of 0.38 MW/cm² in the emission wavelength from 380 to 395 nm. The optical gain was attributed to the closed-loop scattering and light amplification of the ZnO random-wall. The experimental result suggests that the morphology of nanostructure is the key factor to effect random lasing.     

垂直氧化锌纳米线中的激射现象

通过水热的方法以退火0.5 h的ZnO薄膜作为籽晶,得到垂直的ZnO纳米线.在X射线衍射谱中,除了Si的(400)衍射峰以外,只观察到了ZnO的(002)衍射峰.室温光致发光谱中出现了强的紫外发射峰,同时也伴随着弱的缺陷相关的发射.这些数据表明垂直的ZnO纳米线序列有着较好的晶体质量.同时,通过光泵浦也观察到了ZnO纳...     

Microbead dynamics in optical trap assisted nanopatterning

An optically pumped ZnO nanowire laser with a 10-period SiO₂/SiN _x distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) was demonstrated. Stimulated emissions with equally distributed Fabry–Pérot lasing modes were observed at pumping powers larger than 121 kW/cm². This result, when compared to nanowires of the same length and without a DBR structure, shows that a lower threshold of pumping power, higher quality factor, and larger cavity finesse can be achieved due to the high reflectivity of the DBR in the designed wavelength range. A coexistence of stimulated and spontaneous emissions was also observed above threshold and was attributed to partially confined waveguide modes in nanowires with diameters smaller than 100 nm.     

电泵浦有机半导体激光器的关键技术

采用高品质因子低损耗的光学微腔结构研制了电泵浦脉冲方式工作的有机激光器件。增益介质为Alq₃ : DCJTI薄膜,透明导电IVO薄膜和Al薄膜分别作为阳极和阴极。面发射的激光从阴极侧发出,峰值波长为622 nm,阈值电流密度为860 mA/cm²。讨论了电泵浦有机微腔激光器研制过程中的关键技术。