Blue semiconductor nanocrystal laser

We demonstrate tunable room-temperature amplified spontaneous emission and lasing from blue-emitting core-shell CdS∕ZnS nanocrystals (NCs) stabilized in a sol-gel derived silica matrix. Variable stripe length measurements show that these NC-silica composites have a modal gain of ∼100cm−1 at room temperature. Coating microspheres with a NC-silica composite film via a facile process resulted in uniform resonators that exhibit room-temperature lasing over long periods of continuous excitation. This work opens up a spectral window for emission tunable, microscale NC-based lasers.

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