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  • Optics
  • Nanotechnology

Background:

  • Semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) offer high quantum yield, tunable optical properties, and photostability, making them promising gain materials for lasers.
  • Current applications often require integrating NCs into separately fabricated, complex laser cavities.
  • Developing simpler, integrated laser systems using NCs is a key research goal.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate whispering gallery mode (WGM) lasing in self-assembled semiconductor nanocrystal supraparticles (SPs).
  • To utilize SPs as integrated gain media and optical cavities for laser applications.
  • To develop a microfluidic method for controlled synthesis of NC-based SPs for laser applications.

Main Methods:

  • Self-assembly of semiconductor nanocrystals into supraparticles (SPs) using an in-flow microfluidic device.
  • Characterization of SPs for optical properties and whispering gallery mode resonances.
  • Analysis of lasing behavior, including threshold, coherence, and emission lifetime.

Main Results:

  • Successfully achieved whispering gallery mode lasing in NC-based SPs.
  • SPs acted as both the gain medium and the optical cavity, eliminating the need for separate cavity fabrication.
  • Microfluidic synthesis allowed precise control over SP dimensions (micrometer range) with low polydispersity (several percent).
  • Observed WGM resonances with quality factors up to 320.

Conclusions:

  • Semiconductor nanocrystal supraparticles offer a novel platform for integrated laser devices.
  • The microfluidic approach enables scalable and precise fabrication of NC-based optical cavities.
  • This work paves the way for simplified and tunable nanocrystal-based lasers.