Integration of nanoscale light emitters: an efficient ultraviolet and blue random lasing from NaYF<sub>4</sub>:Yb/Tm hexagonal nanocrystals

Ya-Pei Peng; Wei Lu; Pengpeng Ren; Yiqun Ni; Yunfeng Wang; Long Zhang; Yu-Jia Zeng; Wenfei Zhang; Shuangchen Ruan

doi:doi:10.1364/PRJ.6.000943

Photonics Research, 2018, 6 (10): 10000943, Published Online: Sep. 25, 2018

Integration of nanoscale light emitters: an efficient ultraviolet and blue random lasing from NaYF₄:Yb/Tm hexagonal nanocrystals

Ya-Pei Peng ¹Wei Lu ²Pengpeng Ren ¹Yiqun Ni ¹Yunfeng Wang ³Long Zhang ⁴Yu-Jia Zeng ¹Wenfei Zhang ^1,5,*Shuangchen Ruan ^1,6,*

Author Affiliations

¹ Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Laser Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Precision Manufacturing Technology of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

² University Research Facility in Materials Characterization and Device Fabrication, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong 999077, China

³ Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong 999077, China

⁴ Key Laboratory of Materials for High Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

⁵ e-mail: zhangwf@szu.edu.cn

⁶ e-mail: scruan@szu.edu.cn

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Ya-Pei Peng, Wei Lu, Pengpeng Ren, Yiqun Ni, Yunfeng Wang, Long Zhang, Yu-Jia Zeng, Wenfei Zhang, Shuangchen Ruan. Integration of nanoscale light emitters: an efficient ultraviolet and blue random lasing from NaYF₄:Yb/Tm hexagonal nanocrystals[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(10): 10000943.

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