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Title: Optical feedback structures and methods of making

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1163980

An optical resonator can include an optical feedback structure disposed on a substrate, and a composite including a matrix including a chromophore. The composite disposed on the substrate and in optical communication with the optical feedback structure. The chromophore can be a semiconductor nanocrystal. The resonator can provide laser emission when excited.

Research Organization:
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-02ER45974
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
Patent Number(s):
8,891,575
Application Number:
11/288,321
OSTI ID:
1163980
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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