Title :
Optical gain and green/red vertical cavity surface emitting lasing from cdse-based colloidal nanocrystal quantum dot thin films
Author :
Dang, Cuong ; Nurmikko, Arto ; Breen, Craig ; Steckel, Jonathan S. ; Coe-Sullivan, Seth
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng., Brown Univ., Providence, RI, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate robust excitonic gain from colloidal close-packed, CdSe-based nanocrystal quantum dot thin films at record low threshold excitation energy of 90 μJ/cm2 for amplified spontaneous emission. The optical gain is employed in pulsed optically pumped quantum dot vertical cavity surface emitting lasers in the green and the red, respectively.
Keywords :
cadmium compounds; nanostructured materials; quantum dots; semiconductor thin films; superradiance; surface emitting lasers; CdSe; amplified spontaneous emission; colloidal nanocrystal quantum dot thin films; excitonic gain; optical gain; vertical cavity surface emitting lasing; Cavity resonators; Green products; Nanocrystals; Optical films; Optical pumping; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4