Ultralow-threshold electrically injected AlGaN nanowire ultraviolet lasers on Si operating at low temperature

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 140-144

  Li, K H ^a   Liu, X ^a   Wang, Q ^a   Zhao, S ^a   Mi, Z ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM GALLIUM NITRIDE; DIGITAL STORAGE; FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOWIRES; PUMPING (LASER); QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SUBSTRATES; TEMPERATURE; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS;

BIO-AGENT DETECTION; CORE-SHELL NANOWIRES; ELECTRICALLY INJECTED; ELECTRICALLY PUMPED LASERS; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ULTRA-LOW THRESHOLD; ULTRAVIOLET LASER SOURCES; WATER PURIFICATION;

ULTRAVIOLET LASERS;

NANOWIRE;

ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LOW TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84926113107     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2014.308     Document Type: Article

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