2-D Excitonic Laser (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

2-D Excitonic Laser

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In the whispering gallery mode of a 2-D excitonic laser made from a monolayer of tungsten disulfide and a microdisk resonator, the localization of the electric field at the edges of the resonator helps promote a high Q factor with low power consumption.

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Xiang Zhang, Berkeley Lab

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