Unusual Spectrally Reproducible and High Q‐Factor Random Lasing in Polycrystalline Tin Perovskite Films

• Published in: Advanced materials (Weinheim) Vol. 35; no. 9; pp. e2208293 - n/a
• Main Authors: Chirvony, Vladimir S., Suárez, Isaac, Sanchez‐Diaz, Jesus, Sánchez, Rafael S., Rodríguez‐Romero, Jesús, Mora‐Seró, Iván, Martínez‐Pastor, Juan P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01-03-2023
• Subjects: halide perovskites; Inhomogeneity; Lasing; Oxidation; Pb‐free; Perovskites; Polycrystals; random lasing; Reproducibility; Semiconductor materials; Spectral emittance; Spontaneous emission; Stability; Thin films; Tin; Pb-free; random lasing; halide perovskites; stability; thin films
• ISSN: 0935-9648; 1521-4095
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.202208293

An unusual spectrally reproducible near‐IR random lasing (RL) with no fluctuation of lasing peak wavelength is disclosed in polycrystalline films of formamidinium tin triiodide perovskite, which have been chemically stabilized against Sn2+ to Sn4+ oxidation. Remarkably, a quality Q‐factor as high as ≈104 with an amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) threshold as low as 2 µJ cm−2 (both at 20 K) are achieved. The observed spectral reproducibility is unprecedented for semiconductor thin film RL systems and cannot be explained by the strong spatial localization of lasing modes. Instead, it is suggested that the spectral stability is a result of such an unique property of Sn‐based perovskites as a large inhomogeneous broadening of the emitting centers, which is a consequence of an intrinsic structural inhomogeneity of the material. Due to this, lasing can occur simultaneously in modes that are spatially strongly overlapped, as long as the spectral separation between the modes is larger than the homogeneous linewidth of the emitting centers. The discovered mechanism of RL spectral stability in semiconductor materials, possessing inhomogeneous broadening, opens up prospects for their practical use as cheap sources of narrow laser lines.
Highly spectrally reproducible multimode random lasing is observed in thin polycrystalline films of tin iodide perovskite that cannot be explained by a strong mode localization. The observed spectral reproducibility can be due to the strong inhomogeneous broadening of photoluminescence spectra measured in tin‐based perovskites on the basis of a comparison with an analogous Pb‐based counterpart.