Room-Temperature Lasing from Mie-Resonant Nonplasmonic Nanoparticles

ACS Nano. 2020 Jul 28;14(7):8149-8156. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.0c01468. Epub 2020 Jun 8.

Abstract

Subwavelength particles supporting Mie resonances underpin a strategy in nanophotonics for efficient control and manipulation of light by employing both an electric and a magnetic optically induced multipolar resonant response. Here, we demonstrate that monolithic dielectric nanoparticles made of CsPbBr3 halide perovskites can exhibit both efficient Mie-resonant lasing and structural coloring in the visible and near-IR frequency ranges. We employ a simple chemical synthesis with nearly epitaxial quality for fabricating subwavelength cubes with high optical gain and demonstrate single-mode lasing governed by the Mie resonances from nanocubes as small as 310 nm by the side length. These active nanoantennas represent the most compact room-temperature nonplasmonic nanolasers demonstrated until now.

Keywords: Mie resonances; all-dielectric nanophotonics; halide perovskites; lasing; nanoparticles.