Observation of laser oscillation in aggregates of ultrasmall silicon nanoparticles

M. H. Nayfeh; S. Rao; N. Barry; J. Therrien; G. Belomoin; A. Smith; S. Chaieb

doi:10.1063/1.1428622

Observation of laser oscillation in aggregates of ultrasmall silicon nanoparticles

M. H. Nayfeh, S. Rao, N. Barry, J. Therrien, G. Belomoin, A. Smith, S. Chaieb

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

119 Scopus citations

Abstract

We report laser oscillation at ∼610nm in aggregates of ultrasmall elemental Si nanoparticles. The particles are ultrabright red emitting, dispersed from bulk Si by electrochemistry. The aggregates are excited by radiation at 550-570 nm from a mercury lamp. Intense directed Gaussian beams, with a threshold, manifest the emission. We observe line narrowing, and speckle patterns, indicating spatial coherence. This microlasing constitutes an important step towards the realization of a laser on a chip, hence optoelectronics integration and optical interconnects.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	121-123
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	80
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1428622
State	Published - Jan 7 2002
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Access to Document

10.1063/1.1428622

Cite this

@article{06594ad6d5074127af91145d81bf6daa,

title = "Observation of laser oscillation in aggregates of ultrasmall silicon nanoparticles",

abstract = "We report laser oscillation at ∼610nm in aggregates of ultrasmall elemental Si nanoparticles. The particles are ultrabright red emitting, dispersed from bulk Si by electrochemistry. The aggregates are excited by radiation at 550-570 nm from a mercury lamp. Intense directed Gaussian beams, with a threshold, manifest the emission. We observe line narrowing, and speckle patterns, indicating spatial coherence. This microlasing constitutes an important step towards the realization of a laser on a chip, hence optoelectronics integration and optical interconnects.",

author = "Nayfeh, {M. H.} and S. Rao and N. Barry and J. Therrien and G. Belomoin and A. Smith and S. Chaieb",

year = "2002",

month = jan,

day = "7",

doi = "10.1063/1.1428622",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "80",

pages = "121--123",

journal = "Applied Physics Letters",

issn = "0003-6951",

publisher = "AMER INST PHYSICS",

number = "1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Observation of laser oscillation in aggregates of ultrasmall silicon nanoparticles

AU - Nayfeh, M. H.

AU - Rao, S.

AU - Barry, N.

AU - Therrien, J.

AU - Belomoin, G.

AU - Smith, A.

AU - Chaieb, S.

PY - 2002/1/7

Y1 - 2002/1/7

N2 - We report laser oscillation at ∼610nm in aggregates of ultrasmall elemental Si nanoparticles. The particles are ultrabright red emitting, dispersed from bulk Si by electrochemistry. The aggregates are excited by radiation at 550-570 nm from a mercury lamp. Intense directed Gaussian beams, with a threshold, manifest the emission. We observe line narrowing, and speckle patterns, indicating spatial coherence. This microlasing constitutes an important step towards the realization of a laser on a chip, hence optoelectronics integration and optical interconnects.

AB - We report laser oscillation at ∼610nm in aggregates of ultrasmall elemental Si nanoparticles. The particles are ultrabright red emitting, dispersed from bulk Si by electrochemistry. The aggregates are excited by radiation at 550-570 nm from a mercury lamp. Intense directed Gaussian beams, with a threshold, manifest the emission. We observe line narrowing, and speckle patterns, indicating spatial coherence. This microlasing constitutes an important step towards the realization of a laser on a chip, hence optoelectronics integration and optical interconnects.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79956048024&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1063/1.1428622

DO - 10.1063/1.1428622

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:79956048024

SN - 0003-6951

VL - 80

SP - 121

EP - 123

JO - Applied Physics Letters

JF - Applied Physics Letters

IS - 1

ER -

Observation of laser oscillation in aggregates of ultrasmall silicon nanoparticles

Abstract

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this