Lasing from colloidal InP/ZnS quantum dots

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 5528-5535

  Gao, Shuai ^a,b   Zhang, Chunfeng ^b   Liu, Yanjun ^b   Su, Huaipeng ^a,b   Wei, Lai ^b   Huang, Tony ^b   Dellas, Nicholas ^c   Shang, Shuzhen ^d   Mohney, Suzanne E ^c   Wang, Jingkang ^a   Xu, Jian ^b,d  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL GAIN; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; COLLOIDAL NANOPARTICLES; CORE-SHELL; CORE-SHELL NANOCRYSTALS; GAIN MEDIA; HIGH QUALITY; HOLOGRAPHIC POLYMER DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTAL; NANOCRYSTAL LASERS; NANOCRYSTAL SIZES; QUANTUM DOT; SECOND ORDERS; UV EXCITATION;

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EID: 79952597923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.005528     Document Type: Article

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