Ultra-broad optical amplification and two-colour amplified spontaneous emission in binary blends of insulated molecular wires

Advanced Materials

Volumn 22, Issue 33, 2010, Pages 3690-3694

  Brovelli, Sergio ^a,f   Virgili, Tersilla ^b   Mroz, Marta M ^b   Sforazzini, Giuseppe ^c   Paleari, Alberto ^d   Anderson, Harry L ^c   Lanzani, Guglielmo ^e   Cacialli, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^e Center for Nano Science and Technology   (Italy)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; BINARY BLENDS; INSULATED MOLECULAR WIRE; MIXED POLYMERS; OPTICAL AMPLIFICATIONS; SINGLE EXCITATION;

ENERGY TRANSFER; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

AMPLIFICATION;

NANOWIRE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENCE;

LUMINESCENCE; NANOWIRES; POLYMERS;

EID: 77956387393     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201000895     Document Type: Article

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