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Copyright 2004 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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intensity dependence of this peak (Fig. 23b, inset) shows a threshold behaviorthat is a clear signature of optical amplification.As expected from quantum-confinement effects, the ASE band isspectrally tunable <strong>by</strong> changing the dot size. The ASE spectra in Fig. 24(T = 80 K) indicate that the emission color can be tuned from red (1.95 eV) togreen (2.3 eV) using CdSe NQDs with radii from 2.5 to 1.3 nm [50]. On thered-orange side of the spectrum, the ASE regime was realized using aspreparedTOPO-capped samples. However, because of the enhanced holesurface trapping in small dots, the use of ZnS overcoating was essential toobserve ASE in the yellow-green region. As a result of strong quantumconfinement, the ASE band in the smallest dots is blue-shifted with respect tothe ASE band in bulk CdSe <strong>by</strong> more than 0.5 eV.The NQD films also show ASE at room temperature. Interestingly, thesame pump fluences that are used to excite room temperature ASE in CdSeNQDs are not sufficient to produce light amplification in bulk CdSe samples.In bulk CdSe, optical gain can be due to both low-threshold excitonic andFigure 24 Size-controlled ASE spectra of close-packed films fabricated from eitherTOPO- or ZnS-capped CdSe NQDs with radii from 1.3 to 2.5 nm in comparison withan ASE spectrum of bulk CdSe (T = 80 K).<strong>Copyright</strong> <strong>2004</strong> <strong>by</strong> <strong>Marcel</strong> <strong>Dekker</strong>, <strong>Inc</strong>. <strong>All</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Reserved</strong>.

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