Issue 20, 2018

Electrically driven lasers from van der Waals heterostructures

Abstract

Van der Waals heterostructures (vdWHs) have opened new avenues for fundamental scientific studies and design of novel devices. Although numerous reports have demonstrated vdWH optoelectronic devices, no report on vdWH lasers can be found to date. In this paper we demonstrated electrically driven vdWH lasers for the first time, and the lasers were realized from ZnO microwire/MgO/p-GaN structures. By coating Ag films on the top surfaces of the ZnO microwires, the current injection and lasing directionality of the vdWH lasers have been improved significantly, and this improvement can be attributed to the high conductivity and reflectivity of the Ag film. The output power of the device can reach 2.41 μW under 14 mA drive current, which is among the highest values ever reported for ZnO based lasers. Our results may provide a promising way to electrically pumped lasers based on micro/nano-structures.

Graphical abstract: Electrically driven lasers from van der Waals heterostructures

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 feb 2018
Accepted
16 apr 2018
First published
18 apr 2018

Nanoscale, 2018,10, 9602-9607

Electrically driven lasers from van der Waals heterostructures

X. Yang, C. Shan, P. Ni, M. Jiang, A. Chen, H. Zhu, J. Zang, Y. Lu and D. Shen, Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 9602 DOI: 10.1039/C8NR01037D

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