Photonic engineering of superbroadband near-infrared emission in nanoglass composites containing hybrid metal and dielectric nanocrystals

Zhigang Gao; Haibo Zhu; Bochao Sun; Yingke Ji; Xiaosong Lu; Hao Tian; Jing Ren; Shu Guo; Jianzhong Zhang; Jun Yang; Xiangeng Meng; Katsuhisa Tanaka

doi:10.1364/PRJ.379662

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