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Amplified spontaneous emission in semiconductor-nanocrystal/ synthetic-opal composites: Optical-gain enhancement via a photonic crystal pseudogap

  • Garry Russell Maskaly
  • , Melissa A. Petruska
  • , Jagjit Nanda
  • , Ilya V. Bezel
  • , Richard D. Schaller
  • , Han Htoon
  • , Jeffrey Michael Pietryga
  • , Victor Ivanovich Klimov
  • , Jagjit Nanda

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Abstract

The effects of the L-point gap on the nanocrystals (NC) spontaneous and stimulated emissions in a synthetic opal infiltrated with a CDSe sol-gel/NC composite were investigated. It was found that despite the low loading of active material, amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) was clearly evident in the infiltrated samples. The sol-gel/NC/PC samples exhibited a reduced ASE threshold ranging from 40 to over 60%, despite a significant decrease in NC volume loading. The results show that in all cases. the ASE lines shift toward the PC L-point gap edges.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)343-347
Number of pages5
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume18
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 3 2006

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