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Suppressing Auger recombination for high-performance perovskite VCSELs. Credit: Xingliang Dai \/ Zhejiang University<\/p>\n
For years, engineers have sought better ways to build tiny, efficient lasers that can be integrated directly onto silicon chips, a key step toward faster, more capable optical communications and computing.<\/p>\n
Today’s commercial lasers are mostly made from III-V semiconductors grown on specialized substrates\u2014a process that makes them difficult and costly to combine with mainstream silicon technology. All-inorganic perovskite<\/a> films have emerged as a promising alternative because they can be produced inexpensively, work with many substrate types, and offer strong optical properties.<\/p>\n But one major obstacle has stood in the way: at room temperature, it has been difficult to get perovskite lasers to run in continuous or near-continuous modes without quickly losing their charge carriers<\/a> to an effect known as Auger recombination.<\/p>\n A research team at Zhejiang University has now demonstrated a simple method to overcome this problem, leading to record-setting performance for perovskite lasers under near-continuous operation.<\/p>\n As reported in Advanced Photonics, their approach<\/a> uses a volatile ammonium additive during the annealing process of polycrystalline perovskite films. This additive triggers a “phase reconstruction” that removes unwanted low-dimensional phases, reducing channels that accelerate Auger recombination. The result is a pure 3D structure that better preserves the charge carriers needed for lasing, without adding significant optical loss.<\/p>\n Schematic diagrams and experimental demonstration of high-performance perovskite lasing via phase-reconstruction-driven Auger suppression. (a) Schematic diagram of the volatile ammonium-driven phase reconstruction. (b) Schematic diagram of rapid Auger recombination hindering carrier accumulation. (c) Comparison of carrier decay curves extracted from transient absorption (TA) spectra and a laser pulse with a duration on the nanosecond (1 ns) scale. (d) Evolution of PL spectra under various pump fluences under quasi-continuous ns-pumping. Inset: Far-field pattern of the lasing. (e) Integrated intensity as a function of pump fluence. Inset: Lasing spectra with a narrow FWHM of 0.14 nm, indicating a quality factor of 3850. (f) The comparison of lasing thresholds and quality factors of perovskite lasers under ns-pumping). Credit: Advanced Photonics (2025). DOI: 10.1117\/1.AP.7.5.056006<\/p>\n To understand the improvement, the team analyzed how electrons and holes recombine under different pumping conditions. Auger recombination\u2014where energy from a recombining electron-hole pair is given to another carrier instead of emitted as light\u2014becomes especially problematic when the input light is delivered in longer pulses or continuous beams.<\/p>\n In those situations, carrier injection occurs on a timescale similar to or longer than the Auger lifetime, leading to rapid carrier loss and preventing the build-up of population inversion needed for lasing. By suppressing this process, the researchers were able to sustain the carrier densities required for efficient stimulated emission.<\/p>\n With their optimized films, the team built a single-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser<\/a> (VCSEL) that achieved a low lasing threshold of 17.3 \u03bcJ\/cm\u00b2 and an impressive quality factor of 3850 under quasi-continuous nanosecond pumping. This performance marks the best reported to date for a perovskite laser in this regime.<\/p>\n The results point toward a practical route for making high-performance perovskite lasers that could work under true continuous-wave or electrically driven conditions\u2014key milestones for their integration into future photonic chips and potentially flexible or wearable optoelectronic devices.<\/p>\n![\"Researchers](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/researchers-boost-perf-1.jpg\" "\\"Schematic")
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