Optical gain of optically pumped Al0.1Ga0.9N/GaN double heterostructure at room temperature

In this letter, we report the measurement of the gain of an optically pumped Al0.1Ga0.9N/GaN double heterostructure (DH) which was prepared on a sapphire substrate by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy using an AlN buffer layer. At room temperature, the optical gain of stimulated emission from Al0.1Ga0.9N/GaN DH was measured to be 160 cm−1 at pumping power density of 200 kW/cm2.