• DocumentCode
    2264206
  • Title

    Lasing in ZnO nanowires is electron-hole plasma lasing

  • Author

    Versteegh, Marijn A.M. ; Vanmaekelbergh, Daniël ; Dijkhuis, Jaap I.

  • Author_Institution
    Debye Inst. for Nanomater. Sci., Utrecht Univ., Utrecht, Netherlands
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Lasing in ZnO nanowires is often interpreted as exciton lasing. However, our experiments and theoretical calculations on the laser threshold and the emission spectrum show that ZnO nanowire lasing is electron-hole plasma lasing.
  • Keywords
    luminescence; nanowires; semiconductor lasers; zinc compounds; ZnO; electron hole plasma lasing; emission spectrum; exciton lasing; laser threshold; nanowires; Excitons; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Nanowires; Plasmas; Zinc oxide;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951646