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Lasing in hydrothermally grown ZnO nanocrystals

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Micro- and nanocrystalline ZnO powders and films have been prepared under mild hydrothermal conditions, and their spectroscopic and lasing properties have been investigated. The polycrystalline ZnO films showed stimulated emission with a lasing threshold of 0.67 MW/cm2. Analysis of their lasing behavior suggests that the stimulated emission is generated by individual crystallites, each acting as a microlaser.

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Original Russian Text © L.N. Dem’yanets, L.E. Li, T.G. Uvarova, Yu.M. Mininzon, 2008, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2008, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 45–49.

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Dem’yanets, L.N., Li, L.E., Uvarova, T.G. et al. Lasing in hydrothermally grown ZnO nanocrystals. Inorg Mater 44, 40–44 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168508010068

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