Table 1.
Sample | Average wavelength of background emission, nm | Average wavelength of lasing mode, nm | Average lasing threshold, μW | Threshold range, μW |
QW | 446 ± 2.3 | 448 ± 6.7 | 184 | 88–375 |
fQW | 457 ± 3.5 | 451 ± 6.7 | 753 | 83–3600 |
fQW+QD A | 441 ± 4.8 | 428 ± 3.8 | 303 | 118–815 |
fQW+QD B | 437 ± 4.4 | 429 ± 6.3 | 2029 | 350–6175 |
Center of background emission spectrum, average wavelength of lasing mode, and lasing threshold determined by averaging over the 20 microdisk lasers measured for each of the four active layer materials.