Room temperature polariton lasing vs photon lasing in a ZnO-based hybrid microcavity
Author(s) -
TienChang Lu,
Ying-Yu Lai,
Yu-Pin Lan,
Si-Wei Huang,
Jun-Rong Chen,
Yung-Chi Wu,
Wen-Feng Hsieh,
Hui Deng
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.20.005530
Subject(s) - lasing threshold , polariton , laser linewidth , gain switching , photon , optoelectronics , whispering gallery wave , materials science , laser , optics , atomic physics , physics
We report on the room temperature polariton lasing and photon lasing in a ZnO-based hybrid microcavity under optical pumping. A series of experimental studies of the polariton lasing (exciton-photon detunings of δ = -119 meV) in the strong-coupling regime are discussed and compared to a photon lasing (δ = -45 meV) in the weak-coupling regime obtained in the same structure. The measured threshold power density (31.8 kW/cm2) of polariton lasing is one order of magnitude lower than that of the photon lasing (318.2 kW/cm2). In addition, the comparison between polariton lasing and photon lasing is done in terms of the linewidth broadening, blue-shift of the emission peak, and polarization.
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