Observation of white-light amplified spontaneous emission from carbon nanodots under laser excitation

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 490-495

  Zhang, Wen Fei ^a   Tang, Li Bin ^a   Yu, Siu Fung ^a   Lau, Shu Ping ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; CONVENTIONAL LASERS; EMISSION EFFICIENCIES; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; N-METHYLPYRROLIDONE; NANODOTS; PEAK POWER; PEAK WAVELENGTH; WHITE LIGHT;

CARBON; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

LASER EXCITATION;

EID: 84862148469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.2.000490     Document Type: Article

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