Single-particle Mie-resonant all-dielectric nanolasers

Abstract

All-dielectric subwavelength structures utilizing Mie resonances provide a novel paradigm in nanophotonics for controlling and manipulating light. So far, only spontaneous emission enhancement was demonstrated with single dielectric nanoantennas, whereas stimulated emission was achieved only in large lattices supporting collective modes. Here, we demonstrate the first single-particle all-dielectric monolithic nanolaser driven by Mie resonances in visible and near-IR frequency range. We employ halide perovskite CsPbBr$_3$ as both gain and resonator material that provides high optical gain (up to $\sim 10^4$ cm$^{-1}$) and allows simple chemical synthesis of nanocubes with nearly epitaxial quality. Our smallest non-plasmonic Mie-resonant single-mode nanolaser with the size of 420 nm operates at room temperatures and wavelength 535 nm with linewidth $\sim 3.5$ meV. These novel lasing nanoantennas can pave the way to multifunctional photonic designs for active control of light at the nanoscale.