Ultralow-threshold two-photon pumped amplified spontaneous emission and lasing from seeded CdSe/CdS nanorod heterostructures

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 10835-10844

  Xing, Guichuan ^a,e   Liao, Yile ^b   Wu, Xiangyang ^d   Chakrabortty, Sabyasachi ^b   Liu, Xinfeng ^a   Yeow, Edwin K L ^d   Chan, Yinthai ^b,c   Sum, Tze Chien ^a,e  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^d Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

CdSe CdS nanorod; two photon absorption; ultrafast; upconversion; whispering gallery mode lasing

Indexed keywords

CDSE/CDS; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; ULTRA-FAST; UP-CONVERSION; WHISPERING-GALLERY-MODE LASING;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LUMINESCENCE OF ORGANIC SOLIDS; NANORODS; PHOTONS; PUMPING (LASER); QUANTUM YIELD; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; NANOTUBE; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LASER; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; PHOTON; SPECTROSCOPY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; LASERS; NANOTUBES; OPTICAL PROCESSES; PHOTONS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SULFIDES;

EID: 84871534372     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn304200a     Document Type: Article

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