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Photonics Research
Vol. 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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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): 943 Copy Citation Text

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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): 943

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