Stable, multi-mode lasing in the strong localization regime from InP random nanowire arrays at low temperature
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2021
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Rashidi, M.
Tan, H.H.
Mokkapati, S.
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Optica, 2021; 8(9):1160-1166
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Mohammad Rashidi, Hark Hoe Tan and Sudha Mokkapati
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Disorder is generally considered an undesired element in lasing action. However, in random lasers whose feedback mechanism is based on random scattering events, disorder plays a very important and critical role. Even though some unique properties in random lasers such as large-angle emission, lasing from different surfaces, large-area manufacturability, and wavelength tunability can be advantageous in certain applications, the applicability of random lasers has been limited due to the chaotic fluctuations and instability of the lasing modes because of weak confinement. To solve this, mode localization could reduce the spatial overlap between lasing modes, thus preventing mode competition and improving stability, leading to laser sources with high quality factors and very low thresholds. Here, by using a random array of III-V nanowires, high-quality-factor localized modes are demonstrated. We present the experimental evidence of strong light localization in multi-mode random nanowire lasers which are temporally stable at low temperatures.
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©2021 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement.