Electrically pumped wavelength-tunable ultraviolet random lasing from Mg(x)Zn(1-x)O films on Si.
We report the electrically pumped wavelength-tunable ultraviolet random lasing from Mg(x)Zn(1-x)O films with different bandgap energies, which act as the semiconductor components in metal-insulator- semiconductor (MIS) structures fabricated on Si substrates. When the metal (Au herein) gates of the MIS structures are applied with sufficiently high positive voltages, random lasing from the Mg(x)Zn(1-x)O films occurs, featuring a series of narrow spikes in the emitted spectra. Overall, the central wavelength of the random lasing spectrum is tuned from approximately 377 to 352 nm with the increase of x value in Mg(x)Zn(1-x)O from 0 to 0.35. The mechanism for the electrically pumped random lasing has been tentatively elucidated taking into account both the multiple optical scattering and the optical gain proceeding in the Mg(x)Zn(1-x)O films.
Tian
Ye
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State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
Ma
Xiangyang
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Chen
Peiliang
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Zhang
Yuanyuan
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Yang
Deren
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D004581:Electronics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
D008567:Membranes, Artificial