Recently, newly engineered all‐inorganic cesium lead halide perovskite nanocrystals (IPNCs) (CsPbX3, X = Cl, Br, I) are discovered to possess superior optical gain properties appealing for solution‐processed cost‐effective lasers. Yet, the potential of such materials has not been exploited for practical laser devices, rendering the prospect as laser media elusive. Herein, the challenging but practically desirable vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) based on the CsPbX3 IPNCs, featuring low threshold (9 µJ cm−2), directional output (beam divergence of ≈3.6°), and favorable stability, are realized for the first time. Notably, the lasing wavelength can be tuned across the red, green, and blue region maintaining comparable thresholds, which is promising in developing single‐source‐pumped full‐color visible lasers. It is fully demonstrated that the characteristics of the VCSELs can be versatilely engineered by independent adjustment of the cavity and solution‐processable nanocrystals. The results unambiguously reveal the feasibility of the emerging CsPbX3 IPNCs as practical laser media and represent a significant leap toward CsPbX3 IPNC‐based laser devices.

With regards to developing miniaturized coherent light sources, the temperature-insensitivity in gain spectrum and threshold is highly desirable. Quantum dots (QDs) are predicted to possess a temperature-insensitive threshold by virtue of the separated electronic states; however, it is never observed in colloidal QDs due to the poor thermal stability. Besides, for the classical II-VI QDs, the gain profile generally redshifts with increasing temperature, plaguing the device chromaticity. Herein, this paper addresses the above two issues simultaneously by embedding ligands-free CsPbBr nanocrystals in a wider band gap Cs PbBr matrix by solution-phase synthesis. The unique electronic structures of CsPbBr nanocrystals enable temperature-insensitive gain spectrum while the lack of ligands and protection from Cs PbBr matrix ensure the thermal stability and high temperature operation. Specifically, a color drift-free stimulated emission irrespective of temperature change (20-150 °C) upon two-photon pumping is presented and the characteristic temperature is determined to be as high as ≈260 K. The superior gain properties of the CsPbBr /Cs PbBr perovskite nanocomposites are directly validated by a vertical cavity surface emitting laser operating at temperature as high as 100 °C. The results shed light on manipulating optical gain from the advantageous CsPbBr nanocrystals and represent a significant step toward the temperature-insensitive frequency-upconverted lasers.

A blue (ca. 440 nm) liquid laser with an ultra-low threshold through which quasi-continuous wave pumping is accessible is achieved by engineering unconventional ternary CdZnS/ZnS alloyed-core/shell QDs. Such an achievement is enabled by exploiting the novel gain media with minimal defects, suppressed Auger recombination, and large gain cross-section in combination with high-quality-factor whispering gallery mode resonators.

Highly sensitive, multicomponent broadband photodetector devices are made from PbSe/graphene/TiO(2). TiO(2) and PbSe nanoparticles act as light harvesting photoactive materials from the UV to IR regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, while the graphene acts as a charge collector for both photogenerated holes and electrons under an applied electric field.

Single-source precursor, [(Ph3P)CuIn(SC{O}Ph)4] (1), and dual-source precursors, [Cu(SC{O}Ph)] (2) and [In(bipy)(SC{O}Ph)3] (3), have been used to obtain the monodispersed wurtzite (hexagonal) and zincblende (also called sphalerite, cubic) phases of copper indium sulfide nanocrystals (CIS NCs). The NCs have been characterized by X-ray powder diffraction patterns, transmission electron microscopy, selected area electron diffraction, and energy-dispersive X-ray analysis. It is shown that the relative ratios of surfactants have influence on the formation of the wurtzite or zincblende phase of CIS. Moreover, the reaction temperature plays a role in stabilizing the high-temperature metastable zincblende cubic phase at room temperature. In the presence of trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO) and dodecanethiol (DT), 1 generates the wurtzite phase of CIS when the reaction temperature is below 275 °C, but above this temperature the obtained product belongs to zincblende (cubic). The morphology of the CIS also changes from nanoplates to nanoparticles when it undergoes phase transformation. In the wurtzite phase, monodispersed nanoplates are formed at 175 °C and nanorods (NRs) produced at 250 °C along with the plates. Wurtzite and zincblende CIS nanocrystals exhibit intense emission in the ultraviolet region and weak emission in the visible region. The nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of the CIS NCs have also been characterized with femtosecond laser pulses at a wavelength of 780 nm.