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Room-temperature polariton lasing in semiconductor microcavities

Room-temperature polariton lasing in semiconductor microcavities
Room-temperature polariton lasing in semiconductor microcavities
We observe a room-temperature low-threshold transition to a coherent polariton state in bulk GaN microcavities in the strong-coupling regime. Nonresonant pulsed optical pumping produces rapid thermalization and yields a clear emission threshold of 1 mW, corresponding to an absorbed energy density of 29 µJ cm-2, 1 order of magnitude smaller than the best optically pumped (In,Ga)N quantum well surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs). Angular and spectrally resolved luminescence show that the polariton emission is beamed in the normal direction with an angular width of ± 5deg and spatial size around 5 µm.
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Christopoulos, S.
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Grundy, A.J.D.
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Lagoudakis, P.G.
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Kavokin, A.V.
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Baumberg, J.J.
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Christmann, G.
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Butté, R.
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Feltin, E.
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Carlin, J.-F.
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Grandjean, N.
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Christopoulos, S.
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Baldassarri Höger von Högersthal, G.
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Grundy, A.J.D.
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Lagoudakis, P.G.
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Kavokin, A.V.
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Baumberg, J.J.
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Christmann, G.
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Butté, R.
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Feltin, E.
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Carlin, J.-F.
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Grandjean, N.
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Christopoulos, S., Baldassarri Höger von Högersthal, G., Grundy, A.J.D., Lagoudakis, P.G., Kavokin, A.V., Baumberg, J.J., Christmann, G., Butté, R., Feltin, E., Carlin, J.-F. and Grandjean, N. (2007) Room-temperature polariton lasing in semiconductor microcavities. Physical Review Letters, 98 (12), 126405-[4pp]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.126405).

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We observe a room-temperature low-threshold transition to a coherent polariton state in bulk GaN microcavities in the strong-coupling regime. Nonresonant pulsed optical pumping produces rapid thermalization and yields a clear emission threshold of 1 mW, corresponding to an absorbed energy density of 29 µJ cm-2, 1 order of magnitude smaller than the best optically pumped (In,Ga)N quantum well surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs). Angular and spectrally resolved luminescence show that the polariton emission is beamed in the normal direction with an angular width of ± 5deg and spatial size around 5 µm.

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Published date: 21 March 2007

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Local EPrints ID: 46185
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/46185
ISSN: 0031-9007
PURE UUID: 1c1c25b3-cefd-4d4b-94c5-d5dac24d71b8
ORCID for P.G. Lagoudakis: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3557-5299

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Date deposited: 29 May 2007
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 09:19

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Author: S. Christopoulos
Author: G. Baldassarri Höger von Högersthal
Author: A.J.D. Grundy
Author: P.G. Lagoudakis ORCID iD
Author: A.V. Kavokin
Author: J.J. Baumberg
Author: G. Christmann
Author: R. Butté
Author: E. Feltin
Author: J.-F. Carlin
Author: N. Grandjean

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