Ultralow-threshold multiphoton-pumped lasing from colloidal nanoplatelets in solution

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Li, Mingjie ^a   Zhi, Min ^a   Zhu, Hai ^a   Wu, Wen Ya ^a   Xu, Qing Hua ^a   Jhon, Mark Hyunpong ^b   Chan, Yinthai ^a,c,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; NANOPLATELET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COLLOID; INSTRUMENTATION; NANOPARTICLE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLUTION; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; ENERGY CONVERSION; GAS; LASER; MULTIPHOTON PUMPED LASING; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTON; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM YIELD; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 84943178757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9513     Document Type: Article

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