Kehui Zhao, Xiaohe Zhou, Xi Li, Jiyoung Moon, James Cassidy, Dulanjan Harankahage, Zhongjian Hu, Steve M Savoy, Qing Gu, Mikhail Zamkov, Anton V Malko
Spherical semiconductor nanoplatelets, known as quantum shells (QSs), have captured significant interest for their strong suppression of Auger recombination, which leads to long multiexciton lifetimes and wide optical gain bandwidth. Yet, the realization of benefits associated with the multiexciton lasing regime using a suitably designed photonic cavity remains elusive. Here, we demonstrate broadly tunable lasing from close-packed films of CdS/CdSe/CdS QSs deposited over nanopillar arrays on Si substrates. Wide spectral tuning of the stimulated emission in QSs with a fixed bandgap value was achieved by engaging single exciton (λ X ∼ 634 nm), biexciton (λ BX ∼ 627 nm), and multiple exciton (λ MX ∼ 615-565 nm) transitions...
April 13, 2024: ACS Nano