Continuous and dynamic spectral tuning of single nanowire lasers with subnanometer resolution using hydrostatic pressure

Liu, Sheng; Li, Changyi; Figiel, Jeffrey J.; Brueck, Steven R. J.; Brener, Igal; Wang, George T.

doi:10.1039/c5nr01855b

Title: Continuous and dynamic spectral tuning of single nanowire lasers with subnanometer resolution using hydrostatic pressure

Journal Article · Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Nanoscale

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c5nr01855b· OSTI ID:1347350

Liu, Sheng ^[1]; Li, Changyi ^[2]; Figiel, Jeffrey J. ^[3]; Brueck, Steven R. J. ^[2]; Brener, Igal ^[1]; Wang, George T. ^[3]

Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States). Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies
Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States). Center for High Technology Materials
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

In this paper, we report continuous, dynamic, reversible, and widely tunable lasing from 367 to 337 nm from single GaN nanowires (NWs) by applying hydrostatic pressure up to ~7 GPa. The GaN NW lasers, with heights of 4–5 μm and diameters ~140 nm, are fabricated using a lithographically defined two-step top-down technique. The wavelength tuning is caused by an increasing Γ direct bandgap of GaN with increasing pressure and is precisely controllable to subnanometer resolution. The observed pressure coefficients of the NWs are ~40% larger compared with GaN microstructures fabricated from the same material or from reported bulk GaN values, revealing a nanoscale-related effect that significantly enhances the tuning range using this approach. Finally, this approach can be generally applied to other semiconductor NW lasers to potentially achieve full spectral coverage from the UV to IR.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Contributing Organization:: Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

OSTI ID:: 1347350

Report Number(s):: SAND-2015-0301J; 562194

Journal Information:: Nanoscale, Vol. 7, Issue 21; ISSN 2040-3364

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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