Red, green and blue lasing enabled by single-exciton gain in colloidal quantum dot films

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 335-339

  Dang, Cuong ^a   Lee, Joonhee ^a   Breen, Craig ^b   Steckel, Jonathan S ^b   Coe Sullivan, Seth ^b   Nurmikko, Arto ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b QD Vision Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; EXCITONS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL PUMPING; QUANTUM DOT LASERS; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; AROMATIC LIGANDS; AUGER RECOMBINATION; COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; PACKING DENSITY; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; RED , GREEN AND BLUES; VISIBLE SPECTRA;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOFILM; QUANTUM DOT;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; COLLOID; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; EXCITATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPECTRUM;

EID: 84861092315     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2012.61     Document Type: Article

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