Microsecond-sustained lasing from colloidal quantum dot solids

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Adachi, Michael M ^a   Fan, Fengjia ^a   Sellan, Daniel P ^a   Hoogland, Sjoerd ^a   Voznyy, Oleksandr ^a   Houtepen, Arjan J ^b   Parrish, Kevin D ^c   Kanjanaboos, Pongsakorn ^a,e   Malen, Jonathan A ^c,d   Sargent, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Mahidol University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOID; EMISSION; FILM; HALIDE; HEAT FLUX; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84945272291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9694     Document Type: Article

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