Self-frequency-conversion nanowire lasers

Ruixuan Yi; Xutao Zhang; Chen Li; Bijun Zhao; Jing Wang; Zhiwen Li; Xuetao Gan; Li Li; Ziyuan Li; Fanlu Zhang; Liang Fang; Naiyin Wang; Pingping Chen; Wei Lu; Lan Fu; Jianlin Zhao; Hark Hoe Tan; Chennupati Jagadish

doi:10.1038/s41377-022-00807-7

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Self-frequency-conversion nanowire lasers

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- Self-frequency-conversion nanowire lasers
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 11, Issue 6, Pages: 1109-1117(2022)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Key Laboratory of Light Field Manipulation and Information Acquisition, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710129 Xi'an, China
  2.Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi'an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, 710072 Xi'an, China
  3.Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
  4.State Key Laboratory for Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 500 Yutian Road, 200083 Shanghai, China
  5.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, 100049 Beijing, China
  6.School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 393 Middle Huaxia Road, Pudong District, 201210 Shanghai, China
  7.ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
- Author bio：
  
  Xutao Zhang (xtzhang@nwpu.edu.cn)
  Xuetao Gan (xuetaogan@nwpu.edu.cn)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1038/s41377-022-00807-7
  CLC：
- Published：30 June 2022，
  
  Published Online：29 April 2022，
  
  Received：03 December 2021，
  
  Revised：17 April 2022，
  
  Accepted：18 April 2022
- Accepted：
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Yi, R. X. et al. Self-frequency-conversion nanowire lasers. Light: Science & Applications, 11, 1109-1117 (2022).
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Yi, R. X. et al. Self-frequency-conversion nanowire lasers. Light: Science & Applications, 11, 1109-1117 (2022). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-022-00807-7.

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Abstract

Semiconductor nanowires (NWs) could simultaneously provide gain medium and optical cavity for performing nanoscale lasers with easy integration

ultraco

mpact footprint

and low energy consumption. Here

we report III–V semiconductor NW lasers can also be used for self-frequency conversion to extend their output wavelengths

as a result of their non-centrosymmetric crystal structure and strongly localized optical field in the NWs. From a GaAs/In

0.16

0.84

As core/shell NW lasing at 1016 nm

an extra visible laser output at 508 nm is obtained via the process of second-harmonic generation

as confirmed by the far-field polarization dependence measurements and numerical modeling. From another NW laser with a larger diameter which supports multiple fundamental lasing wavelengths

multiple self-frequency-conversion lasing modes are observed due to second-harmonic generation and sum-frequency generation. The demonstrated self-frequency conversion of NW lasers opens an avenue for extending the working wavelengths of nanoscale lasers

even to the deep ultraviolet and THz range.

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