Lasing in GaAs/AlGaAs self-assembled quantum dots

The authors have demonstrated photopumped laser action of self-assembled ring-shaped GaAs quantum dots (QDs) grown by droplet epitaxy. Morphological control of the QD shape from conelike dots to ringlike ones results in a narrow spectral band of photoluminescence from the QD ensemble, reflecting their small size distribution. Using ring-shaped QDs as an active laser medium, they observed multimodal stimulated emissions from the ground state at temperatures of up to 300 K. (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics.