Title :
Mid-infrared lasing in a single lead sulfide subwavelength wire at 180 K
Author :
Fan Fan ; Zhicheng Liu ; Minghua Sun ; Nichols, Patricia L. ; Turkdogan, S. ; Cun-Zheng Ning
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr., Comput., & Energy Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA
Abstract :
We report mid-infrared lasing around 3 μm from a single PbS subwavelength wire, with a cavity volume less than the wavelength cubed at 0.44 λ3. The maximal lasing temperature is 180 K under pulse operation.
Keywords :
IV-VI semiconductors; laser cavity resonators; lead compounds; semiconductor lasers; PbS; cavity volume; maximal lasing temperature; mid-infrared lasing; pulse operation; single lead sulfide subwavelength wire; temperature 180 K; Cavity resonators; Gas lasers; Laser applications; Optical pumping; Semiconductor lasers; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA