Observation of waveguide Fabry-Perot lasing in highly efficient Si nanocrystals

  • Zhi Yuan Yu
  • , Zhi He Guo
  • , Yu Chen Zhang
  • , Xun Zhang
  • , Yan Wang
  • , Feng Yang Ma
  • , Yu Liu
  • , Xia Yan Xue
  • , Qing Yuan Jin
  • , Jing Li
  • , Jian Sun
  • , Song You Wang
  • , Dong Chen Wang*
  • , Ming Lu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A luminescent Si nanocrystal (SiNC) thin film with photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) > 70% was made by using hydrogen silsesquioxane (HSQ), followed by long-time high-pressure hydrogenation. A net optical gain of 524 ± 21 cm−1 was obtained by means of variable stripe length-shifting excitation spot (VSL-SES). A rectangularly shaped SiO2 Fabry-Perot (F-P) cavity with size of 1.5 μm (width) × 0.7 μm (height) × 2000 μm (length) was made on top of the SiNC thin film. The waveguide F-P device was pumped with a 400 nm femtosecond pulsed laser. A threshold behavior of the light emission intensity as a function of the pumping power was observed. Other lasing characteristics including spectral narrowing, polarization of the emission, and small emission angle were also observed beyond the threshold pumping power.

Original languageEnglish
Article number105336
JournalResults in Physics
Volume34
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Fabry-Perot
  • High-pressure hydrogenation
  • Lasing
  • Si nanocrystal
  • Waveguide

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