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Zhu L, Pan Y, Chen L, Wang Z, Zhang F, Yang G, Huang C, Hu W, Zhang L, Zhang Y, Dong H, Zhou W. Rydberg State Single-Mode Polariton Lasing with Ultralow Threshold via Symmetry Engineering. Nano Lett 2023; 23:7797-7804. [PMID: 37590122 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c01188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/19/2023]
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Symmetry plays an essential role in the fundamental properties of a physical system. In this work, we report on the realization of tunable single-mode polariton lasing from highly excited Rydberg states via symmetry engineering. By breaking the symmetry of the polaritonic wave function through potential wells and controlling the spatial overlap between the gain region and the eigen mode, we are able to generate single-mode polariton lasing, reversibly and dynamically, from quantized polariton states. Increasing the asymmetry of the potential well, single-mode lasing can be achieved even for the highly excited Rydberg state with a principle quantum number of N = 14. Moreover, as a result of the excellent reservoir-eigen mode overlap and efficient spatial confinement, the threshold of lasing can be reduced up to 6 orders of magnitude, compared with those conventional pumping schemes. Our results present a new strategy toward the realization of thresholdless polariton lasing with dynamical tunability.
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- Liqing Zhu
- Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials for High-Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 201800, China
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- Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials for High-Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 201800, China
- Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering of Hainan Province, School of Biomedical Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570100, China
- State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials for High-Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 201800, China
- Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China
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- Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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Yang XF, Lyu ZY, Dong H, Sun LD, Yan CH. Lanthanide Upconverted Microlasing: Microlasing Spanning Full Visible Spectrum to Near-Infrared under Low Power, CW Pumping. Small 2021; 17:e2103140. [PMID: 34510739 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202103140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Revised: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The miniaturization of lasers holds promise in ultradense data storage and biosensing, but greater pump power is required to reach the lasing thresholds to overcome increased optical losses with reduced resonant cavity sizes. Here, the whispering galley mode (WGM) of Yb3+ /Tm3+ doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) coupled with microcavities (≈5 µm) is used to achieve ultralow threshold upconverted lasing at 800 nm with excitation fluences as low as 4 W cm-2 . The continuous-wave (CW) upconverted lasing, with a Q factor on the order of 103 , can remain stable for more than 6 h. In addition, ultralow threshold upconverted microlasers spanning the full visible spectrum from Yb3+ /Er3+ , Yb3+ /Ho3+ , and Yb3+ /Tm3+ doped UCNPs are obtained with the same WGM cavity design. These upconverted microlasers working under low power CW 980 nm laser will enable promising applications in biosensing and imaging.
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- Xiang-Fei Yang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory in Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory in Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory in Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory in Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory in Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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Bera KP, Kamal S, Inamdar AI, Sainbileg B, Lin HI, Liao YM, Ghosh R, Chang TJ, Lee YG, Cheng-Fu H, Hsu YT, Hayashi M, Hung CH, Luo TT, Lu KL, Chen YF. Intrinsic Ultralow-Threshold Laser Action from Rationally Molecular Design of Metal-Organic Framework Materials. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2020; 12:36485-36495. [PMID: 32678568 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c07890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are superior for multiple applications including drug delivery, sensing, and gas storage because of their tunable physiochemical properties and fascinating architectures. Optoelectronic application of MOFs is difficult because of their porous geometry and conductivity issues. Recently, a few optoelectronic devices have been fabricated by a suitable design of integrating MOFs with other materials. However, demonstration of laser action arising from MOFs as intrinsic gain media still remains challenging, even though some studies endeavor on encapsulating luminescence organic laser dyes into the porous skeleton of MOFs to achieve laser action. Unfortunately, the aggregation of such unstable laser dyes causes photoluminescence quenching and energy loss, which limits their practical application. In this research, unprecedently, we demonstrated ultralow-threshold (∼13 nJ/cm2) MOF laser action by a judicious choice of metal nodes and organic linkers during synthesis of MOFs. Importantly, we also demonstrated that the white random lasing from the beautiful microflowers of organic linkers possesses a porous network, which is utilized to synthesize the MOFs. The highly luminescent broad-band organic linker 1,4-NDC, which itself exhibits a strong white random laser, is used not only to achieve the stimulated emission in MOFs but also to reduce the lasing threshold. Such white lasing has multiple applications from bioimaging to the recently developed versatile Li-Fi technology. In addition, we showed that the smooth facets of MOF microcrystals can show Fabry-Perot resonant cavities having a high quality factor of ∼103 with excellent photostability. Our unique discovery of stable, nontoxic, high-performance MOF laser action will open up a new route for the development of new optoelectronic devices.
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- Krishna Prasad Bera
- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Nano-Science and Technology Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
- Molecular-Science and Technology Program,Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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- Sustainable Chemical Science and Technology, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica, Taipei 106, Taiwan and Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Center of Atomic Initiative for New Materials, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Nano-Science and Technology Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Molecular-Science and Technology Program,Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Nano-Science and Technology Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Center of Atomic Initiative for New Materials, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Chen Z, Zhang Y, Chu S, Sun R, Wang J, Chen J, Wei B, Zhang X, Zhou W, Shi Y, Wang Z. Grain Boundary Induced Ultralow Threshold Random Laser in a Single GaTe Flake. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2020; 12:23323-23329. [PMID: 32337969 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c03419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Random lasing is a lasing phenomenon realized in random media, and it has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years. An essential requirement for strong random lasing is to achieve strong and recurrent scattering among grain boundaries of a disordered structure. Herein, we report a random laser (RL) based on individual polycrystalline GaTe microflakes (MFs) with a lasing threshold of 4.15 kW cm-2, about 1-2 orders of magnitude lower than that of the reported single GaN microwire random laser. The strongly enhanced light scattering and trapping benefit from the reduced grain size in the polycrystalline GaTe MF, resulting in a ultralow threshold. We also investigate the dependence of spatially localized cavities' dimension on the pumping intensity profile and temperature. The findings provide a feasible route to realize RL with a low threshold and small size, opening up a new avenue in fulfilling many potential optoelectronic applications of RL.
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- Zuxin Chen
- Engineering Technology Research Center for 2D Material Information Function Devices and Systems of Guangdong Province, International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronics Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
- International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Av. Mestre Jose Veiga s/n, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal
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- Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Av. Mestre Jose Veiga s/n, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal
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- Engineering Technology Research Center for 2D Material Information Function Devices and Systems of Guangdong Province, International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronics Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
- International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Av. Mestre Jose Veiga s/n, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Av. Mestre Jose Veiga s/n, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal
- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Av. Mestre Jose Veiga s/n, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal
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- Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Engineering Technology Research Center for 2D Material Information Function Devices and Systems of Guangdong Province, International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronics Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Av. Mestre Jose Veiga s/n, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal
- School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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