Doping-enhanced radiative efficiency enables lasing in unpassivated GaAs nanowires

Tim Burgess; Dhruv Saxena; Sudha Mokkapati; Zhe Li; Christopher R. Hall; Jeffrey A. Davis; Yuda Wang; Leigh M. Smith; Lan Fu; Philippe Caroff; Hark Hoe Tan; Chennupati Jagadish

doi:10.1038/ncomms11927

Nature Communications (Jun 2016)

Doping-enhanced radiative efficiency enables lasing in unpassivated GaAs nanowires

Tim Burgess,
Dhruv Saxena,
Sudha Mokkapati,
Zhe Li,
Christopher R. Hall,
Jeffrey A. Davis,
Yuda Wang,
Leigh M. Smith,
Lan Fu,
Philippe Caroff,
Hark Hoe Tan,
Chennupati Jagadish

Affiliations

Tim Burgess: Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University
Dhruv Saxena: Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University
Sudha Mokkapati: Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University
Zhe Li: Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University
Christopher R. Hall: Centre for Quantum and Optical Science, Swinburne University of Technology
Jeffrey A. Davis: Centre for Quantum and Optical Science, Swinburne University of Technology
Yuda Wang: Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati
Leigh M. Smith: Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University
Lan Fu: Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University
Philippe Caroff: Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University
Hark Hoe Tan: Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University
Chennupati Jagadish: Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11927
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Until now, efforts to enhance the performance of nanolasers have focused on reducing the rate of non-radiative recombination. Here, Burgess et al.employ controlled impurity doping to increase the rate of radiative recombination.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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