journal article·2017-11

Wrinkled 2D Materials: A Versatile Platform for Low‐Threshold Stretchable Random Lasers

Han‐Wen Hu, Golam Haider, Yu‐Ming Liao, Pradip Kumar Roy, Rini Ravindranath, Huan‐Tsung Chang, Cheng‐Hsin Lu, Chang‐Yang Tseng, Tai‐Yung Lin, Wei‐Heng Shih, Yang‐Fang Chen

Advanced Materials· Volume 29· Issue 43
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Abstract

Abstract A stretchable, flexible, and bendable random laser system capable of lasing in a wide range of spectrum will have many potential applications in next‐ generation technologies, such as visible‐spectrum communication, superbright solid‐state lighting, biomedical studies, fluorescence, etc. However, producing an appropriate cavity for such a wide spectral range remains a challenge owing to the rigidity of the resonator for the generation of coherent loops. 2D materials with wrinkled structures exhibit superior advantages of high stretchability and a suitable matrix for photon trapping in between the hill and valley geometries compared to their flat counterparts. Here, the intriguing functionalities of wrinkled reduced graphene oxide, single‐layer graphene, and few‐layer hexagonal boron nitride, respectively, are utilized to design highly stretchable and wearable random laser devices with ultralow threshold. Using methyl‐ammonium lead bromide perovskite nanocrystals (PNC) to illustrate the working principle, the lasing threshold is found to be ≈10 µJ cm−2, about two times less than the lowest value ever reported. In addition to PNC, it is demonstrated that the output lasing wavelength can be tuned using different active materials such as semiconductor quantum dots. Thus, this study is very useful for the future development of high‐performance wearable optoelectronic devices.
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OpenAlex topics: Random lasers and scattering media · Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials · Advanced Materials and Mechanics

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Affiliations

Department of Physics National Taiwan University Taipei 106 Taiwan

Department of Chemistry National Taiwan University Taipei 106 Taiwan

Department of Materials Science and Engineering Drexel University Philadelphia PA 19104 USA

Department of Optoelectronic Sciences National Taiwan Ocean University Keelung 202 Taiwan

Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China

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