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:10.1364/PRJ.6.000943

Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 10, 943(2018)

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

Ya-Pei Peng¹, Wei Lu², Pengpeng Ren¹, Yiqun Ni¹, Yunfeng Wang³, Long Zhang⁴, Yu-Jia Zeng¹, Wenfei Zhang^1,5、*, and Shuangchen Ruan^1,6、*

Author Affiliations

¹Shenzhen 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

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

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

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

⁵e-mail: zhangwf@szu.edu.cn

⁶e-mail: scruan@szu.edu.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

Received: May. 17, 2018

Accepted: Jul. 17, 2018

Published Online: Sep. 25, 2018

The Author Email: Wenfei Zhang (zhangwf@szu.edu.cn), Shuangchen Ruan (scruan@szu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000943

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