Excitonic gain and laser emission from mixed-cation halide perovskite thin films

Chen, Songtao; Nurmikko, Arto

doi:10.1364/OPTICA.5.001141

Title: Excitonic gain and laser emission from mixed-cation halide perovskite thin films

Journal Article · Thu Sep 20 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Optica

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.5.001141· OSTI ID:1471743

; Nurmikko, Arto

Organic–inorganic halide perovskites have recently developed into a potential semiconductor coherent light emitter candidate beyond their promise in solar cell applications. However, despite the ample demonstrations of perovskite lasers, experimental results on the origin of optical gain in perovskites are still elusive. Here, we analyze the excitonic gain in the green from mixed-cation halide perovskites Cs_0.17[CH(NH₂)₂]_0.83PbBr₃ (Cs_0.17FA_0.83PbBr₃) by both low temperature absorption/emission spectroscopies and ultrafast pump–probe transient absorption experiments. The perovskite thin films show a robust excitonic feature up to room temperature, with estimated exciton binding energy E_b = 43.8 meV, which can be maintained under high electronic excitations that are required for lasers. By using a high-quality (Q = 1350) vertical cavity consisting of sputtered dielectric HfO₂/SiO₂ distributed Bragg reflectors with perovskite optical gain medium embedded inside, we have demonstrated excitonic-gain-enabled optically pumped lasing, with improved threshold of 13.5 ± 1.4 μJ/cm² and device longevity lifetime >35 h (10⁸ laser shots) at ambient environment under sustained pulsed optical excitations (3.493 eV, τ_pulse = 0.34 ns, 1 kHz). Understanding and exploiting excitonic gain from perovskite thin film materials may help to further boost the performance of perovskite-based lasers.

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Research Organization:: Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

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Journal Information:: Optica, Journal Name: Optica Vol. 5 Journal Issue: 9; ISSN 2334-2536

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