CW-Pumped Amplified Spontaneous Emission from Thermally Evaporated CsPbBr3 Films
Yuliia Kominko a b, Willem Verheijen a b, Gabriele Rainò a b, Simon C. Boehme a b, Maksym V. Kovalenko a b, Sergii Yakunin a b
a Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
b Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa—Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland
Proceedings of Emerging Light Emitting Materials 2026 (EMLEM26)
Kallithea, Greece, 2026 September 20th - 23rd
Organizers: Maryna Bodnarchuk, Grigorios Itskos and Maksym Kovalenko
Oral, Yuliia Kominko, presentation 001
Publication date: 8th July 2026

Lead halide perovskites are widely reported as promising optical gain media for optoelectronic applications in the short-pulse regime.[1] However, their operation under continuous-wave excitation remains severely limited by thermal accumulation and gain instability. Here, we present a systematic study of amplified spontaneous emission under long-pulse and continuous-wave excitation in thermally evaporated CsPbBr3 thin films, providing direct insight into the limits of sustained optical gain in perovskite materials. By correlating excitation pulse duration, substrate thermal conductivity, temperature-dependent emission properties, and time-resolved carrier dynamics, we establish a physical framework linking thermal dissipation to gain stability. We identify excitation-time thresholds and define optimal operating regimes, demonstrating sustained amplified spontaneous emission for pulse widths up to 30 µs in films without encapsulation or additional post-processing. Our results reveal that light-induced thermal accumulation is the dominant mechanism limiting amplified spontaneous emission under extended excitation and highlight thermal management as a critical design parameter for steady-state optical gain. These findings provide practical design rules for perovskite gain media and represent a key step toward optically pumped and, in the future, electrically pumped, continuous-wave-performing perovskite superluminescent and laser diodes.

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