Lead halide perovskite plasmonic nanolasers with ultralow threshold

Abstract

We report the first known example of a subwavelength plasmonic upconverting nanolaser with a low threshold. This perovskite-based plasmonic upconverting nanolaser features a record-small mode volume and an ultralow lasing threshold. Besides, we observed temporal coherence of the emission, which is an important feature of lasing. To co-optimize the pump photon absorption and the upconverted photon emission rate, the lasing result was made possible based on plasmonic titanium nitride. Moreover, we also demonstrated a new concept of lasing from a quantum emitter utilizing an intense localized electromagnetic field. A continuous-wave lasing was observed from single perovskite (CsPbBr3) quantum dot in a gap-plasmon nanocavity with an ultralow threshold of 1.9 Wcm-2 at 120 K. In the end, we will discuss the outlook for perovskite plasmonic nanolasers as on-chip light sources for bio-imaging, optical communication applications.