Ultraviolet whispering-gallery-mode lasing in ZnO micro/nano sphere crystal

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作者
Okazaki, Kota [1 ]
Shimogaki, Tetsuya [1 ]
Fusazaki, Koshi [1 ]
Higashihata, Mitsuhiro [1 ]
Nakamura, Daisuke [1 ]
Koshizaki, Naoto [2 ]
Okada, Tatsuo [1 ]
机构
[1] Kyushu Univ, Grad Sch Informat Sci & Elect Engn, Fukuoka 8190395, Japan
[2] Natl Inst Adv Ind Sci & Technol, NRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058565, Japan
基金
日本科学技术振兴机构; 日本学术振兴会;
关键词
LASER; NANOSHEET; EMISSION; NANOWIRE;
D O I
10.1063/1.4768696
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
We report ultraviolet (UV) whispering-gallery-mode (WGM) lasing in a zinc oxide (ZnO) micro/nanosphere crystal fabricated by simply ablating a ZnO sintered target, which was much more productive method without any time-consuming crystal-growth process. The lasing spectral mode spacing was controlled by changing the diameters, and single-mode lasing was realized from a ZnO nanosphere. Experimental results were in good agreement with predictions from WGM theories. Since the ZnO sphere can operate as an active WGM refractometric sensor for small molecules in UV region, high sensitivity enhanced by high quality factor, refractive index, and wavelength dispersion can be expected. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4768696]
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