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Area of Science:

  • Nanotechnology
  • Photonics
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Random lasers offer potential for low-cost coherent light sources.
  • Achieving broad spectral coverage in random lasers remains a challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the use of gold nanostars for broadband random lasing.
  • To demonstrate efficient coherent feedback over an extended wavelength range.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesizing star-shaped gold nanoparticles (nanostars).
  • Suspending nanostars in solutions of various laser dyes.
  • Characterizing the spectral coverage and emission line widths of the random lasers.

Main Results:

  • Achieved huge spectral coverage of random lasing from visible to infrared.
  • Demonstrated narrow emission line widths (≤ 0.13 nm).
  • Observed coherent feedback spanning almost a full optical octave (yellow to infrared).

Conclusions:

  • Gold nanostars are efficient broadband scattering centers for random lasers.
  • Nanostar-based random lasers provide efficient coherent feedback over extensive wavelengths.
  • This approach enables tunable, broad-spectrum coherent light generation.