Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

LASERS

Continuous lasing for perovskites

  • News & Views
  • Published:

From Nature Photonics

View current issue Submit your manuscript

Optically generated local phase changes in methylammonium lead iodide produce a transient quantum-well-like structure with robust optical gain. The result is a perovskite laser that supports continuous-wave lasing under optical pumping.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1: Spatially separated local defect states can enable lasing in different material platforms.

References

  1. Jia, Y., Kerner, R. A., Grede, A. J., Rand, B. P. & Giebink, N. C. Nat. Photon. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-017-0047-6 (2017).

  2. Fan, F. et al. Nature 544, 75–79 (2017).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. Kuehne, A. J. C. & Gather, M. C. Chem. Rev. 116, 12823–12864 (2016).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Dietrich, C. P. et al. Sci. Adv. 2, e1600666 (2016).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  5. Becker, M. A. et al. Preprint at http://arXiv.org/abs/1707.03071 (2017).

  6. Kitazawa, N. & Watanabe, Y. J. Phys. Chem. Solids 71, 797–802 (2010).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. Goto, T. et al. Phys. Rev. B 73, 115206 (2006).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  8. Wehrenfennig, C., Liu, M., Snaith, H. J., Johnston, M. B. & Herz, L. M. APL Mater. 2, 081513 (2014).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  9. Neutzner, S., Kandada, A. J. S., Lanzani, G. & Petrozza, A. J. Phys. Chem. C 4, 4630–4633 (2016).

    Google Scholar 

  10. Wang, T. et al. Energy Environ. Sci. 10, 509–515 (2017).

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK

    Malte C. Gather

Authors
  1. Malte C. Gather
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Malte C. Gather.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Gather, M.C. Continuous lasing for perovskites. Nature Photon 11, 745–747 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-017-0057-4

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-017-0057-4

  • Springer Nature Limited

This article is cited by

Search

Navigation