Effect of Au substrate and coating on the lasing characteristics of GaAs nanowires

Optically pumped lasing from highly Zn-doped GaAs nanowires lying on an Au film substrate and from Au-coated nanowires has been demonstrated up to room temperature. The conically shaped GaAs nanowires were first coated with a 5 nm thick Al 2 O 3 shell to suppress atmospheric oxidation and band-bendi...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2021-11, Vol.11 (1), p.21378-21378, Article 21378
Main Authors: Aman, Gyanan, Mohammadi, Fatemesadat, Fränzl, Martin, Lysevych, Mykhaylo, Tan, Hark Hoe, Jagadish, Chennupati, Schmitzer, Heidrun, Cahay, Marc, Wagner, Hans Peter
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Language:English
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Aluminum oxide
Coatings
Humanities and Social Sciences
multidisciplinary
Nanotechnology
Nanowires
Oxidation
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
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Summary:Optically pumped lasing from highly Zn-doped GaAs nanowires lying on an Au film substrate and from Au-coated nanowires has been demonstrated up to room temperature. The conically shaped GaAs nanowires were first coated with a 5 nm thick Al 2 O 3 shell to suppress atmospheric oxidation and band-bending effects. Doping with a high Zn concentration increases both the radiative efficiency and the material gain and leads to lasing up to room temperature. A detailed analysis of the observed lasing behavior, using finite-difference time domain simulations, reveals that the lasing occurs from low loss hybrid modes with predominately photonic character combined with electric field enhancement effects. Achieving low loss lasing from NWs on an Au film and from Au coated nanowires opens new prospects for on-chip integration of nanolasers with new functionalities including electro-optical modulation, conductive shielding, and polarization control.
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-021-00855-w