Polariton lasing in a ZnO microwire above 450 K

  • Dan Xu
  • , Wei Xie
  • , Wenhui Liu
  • , Jian Wang
  • , Long Zhang
  • , Yinglei Wang
  • , Saifeng Zhang
  • , Liaoxin Sun
  • , Xuechu Shen
  • , Zhanghai Chen*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Exciton-polariton lasing in a one-dimensional ZnO microcavity is demonstrated at high temperature of 455 K. The massive occupation of the polariton ground state above a distinct pump power threshold is clearly demonstrated by using the angular resolved spectroscopy under non-resonant excitation. The temperature dependence of the polariton lasing threshold is well interpreted by two competing mechanisms, i.e., the thermodynamic and kinetic mechanisms. Michelson interference measurements are performed to investigate the temporal and spatial coherence of polariton laser, with the coherence time and coherence length being τc∼0.97 ps and rc∼0.72μm at 440 K and 400 K, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Article number082101
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume104
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Feb 2014
Externally publishedYes

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