Naslov
Multi-quantum-well nanowire heterostructures for wavelength-controlled lasers

Autori
Qian, F. ; Li, Y. ; Gradečak, Silvija ; Park, H. G. ; Dong, Y. ; Ding, Y. ; Wang, Z. L. ; Lieber, C. M.

Izvornik
Nature materials (1476-1122) 7 (2008), 9; 701-706

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Multi-quantum; well; nanowire; heterostructures; lasers

Sažetak
Rational design and synthesis of nanowires with increasingly complex structures can yield enhanced and/or novel electronic and photonic functions. For example, Ge/Si core/shell nanowires have exhibited substantially higher performance as field-effect transistors and low-temperature quantum devices compared with homogeneous materials, and nano-roughened Si nanowires were recently shown to have an unusually high thermoelectric figure of merit6. Here, we report the first multi-quantum-well (MQW) core/shell nanowire heterostructures based on well-defined III-nitride materials that enable lasing over a broad range of wavelengths at room temperature. Transmission electron microscopy studies show that the triangular GaN nanowire cores enable epitaxial and dislocation-free growth of highly uniform (InGaN/GaN)n quantum wells with n=3, 13 and 26 and InGaN well thicknesses of 1?3 nm. Optical excitation of individual MQW nanowire structures yielded lasing with InGaN quantum-well composition-dependent emission from 365 to 494 nm, and threshold dependent on quantum well number, n. Our work demonstrates a new level of complexity in nanowire structures, which potentially can yield free-standing injection nanolasers.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika

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