Title :
Thresholdless optical gain using colloidal HgTe nanocrystals
Author :
Geiregat, Pieter ; Houtepen, Arjan J. ; Sagar, Laxmi Kishore ; Delerue, Cristophe ; Van Thourhout, Dries ; Hens, Zeger
Author_Institution :
Photonics Res. Group, Univ. of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
Abstract :
Thresholdless stimulated emission is observed using nanometer sized colloidal HgTe nanocrystals, in a broad spectral region covering the entire technologically relevant near-infrared spectrum.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; colloidal crystals; infrared spectra; mercury compounds; nanostructured materials; stimulated emission; HgTe; broad spectral region; colloidal nanocrystals; manometer sized colloidal manocrystals; near-infrared spectrum; thresholdless optical gain; thresholdless stimulated emission; Absorption; III-V semiconductor materials; Nanocrystals; Optical pumping; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
