Nanosecond colloidal quantum dot lasers for sensing

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 7308-7319

  Guilhabert, B ^a   Foucher, C ^a   Haughey, A M ^a   Mutlugun, E ^b,c,d   Gao, Y ^b   Herrnsdorf, J ^a   Sun, H D ^b   Demir, H V ^b,c   Dawson, M D ^a   Laurand, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ABDULLAH GUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMERIC FILMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; EMISSION WAVELENGTH; IMMERSION IN WATERS; LASER OPERATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSING; SECOND ORDER GRATINGS; SENSING APPLICATIONS; THRESHOLD FLUENCES;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 84896931802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.007308     Document Type: Article

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