Polarized three-photon-pumped laser in a single MOF microcrystal

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  He, Huajun ^a   Ma, En ^b   Cui, Yuanjing ^a   Yu, Jiancan ^a   Yang, Yu ^a   Song, Tao ^a   Wu, Chuan De ^c   Chen, Xueyuan ^b   Chen, Banglin ^a,d   Qian, Guodong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE; METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK; NANOCRYSTAL;

COMPOSITE; DYE; NANOPARTICLE; POLARIZATION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; THRESHOLD;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; POLARIZATION; POLARIZED THREE PHOTON PUMPED LASER; SOLID STATE LASER; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84961827484     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11087     Document Type: Article

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