Frequency upconverted lasing of nanocrystal quantum dots in microbeads

Chunfeng Zhang; Fan Zhang; An Cheng; Brian Kimball; Andrew Y. Wang; Jian Xu

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Frequency upconverted lasing of nanocrystal quantum dots in microbeads

Chunfeng Zhang, Fan Zhang, An Cheng, Brian Kimball, Andrew Y. Wang, Jian Xu

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Stable, frequency upconverted lasing of semiconductor nanocrystal quantum dots was demonstrated in silica microbeads under two-photon pumping conditions. Upon infrared excitation, the stimulated emission of the nanocrystal-doped microbeads exhibits sharp peaks at λ∼610 nm with narrow line widths of 1 nm. The lasing action has been attributed to the biexciton gain coupled to the whispering gallery modes in spherical cavities, as confirmed by time-resolved photoluminescence spectra. The lasing lifetime characterized in term of pulse numbers (∼ 10⁶ pulses) was two orders of magnitude longer than that of the dye salt-based two-photon lasers.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	183109
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	95
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3242352
State	Published - 2009

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