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An electrically injected AlGaN nanowire laser operating in the ultraviolet-C band

2015; American Institute of Physics; Volume: 107; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1063/1.4927602

1520-8842

Songrui Zhao, Xiao Liu, Steffi Y. Woo, Junjie Kang, Gianluigi A. Botton, Zetian Mi,

Nanowire Synthesis and Applications

We have investigated the molecular beam epitaxial growth and characterization of nearly defect-free AlGaN nanowire heterostructures grown directly on Si substrate. By exploiting the Anderson localization of light, we have demonstrated electrically injected AlGaN nanowire lasers that can operate at 262.1 nm. The threshold current density is 200 A/cm2 at 77 K. The relatively low threshold current is attributed to the high Q-factor of the random cavity and the three-dimensional quantum confinement offered by the atomic-scale composition modulation in self-organized AlGaN nanowires.