Laser emission with excitonic gain in a ZnO planar microcavity
  The lasing operation of a ZnO planar microcavity under optical pumping is demonstrated from T=80 K to 300 K. At the laser threshold, the cavity switches from the strong coupling to the weak coupling regime. A gain-related transition, which appears while still observing polariton branches and, thus, with stable excitons, is observed below 240K. This shows that exciton scattering processes, typical of II-VI semiconductors, are involved in the gain process. 
Thierry Guillet (L2C), Christelle Brimont (L2C), Pierre Valvin (L2C),   Bernard Gil (L2C), Thierry Bretagnon (L2C), F. Medar...
physics.optics cond-mat.other