Nanoscale laser arrays are attractive for their potential applications in highly integrated nanodevices, which are always obtained by nanowire arrays with complicated fabrication techniques. Here, a quite different nanolaser array is successfully realized based on a highly ordered core–shell CdS branched nanostructure with implanted Sn nanoparticles in junctions that split the individual multichannel nanostructures to various microcavities with effective light confinement and oscillation, thus to achieve a multipoint nanolaser array. Under the excitation of an ultraviolet laser, the strong band‐edge emission can be well reflected between Sn nanoparticles at junctions and effectively scattered into branch segments due to Sn nanoparticles existence in junctions, furthermore oscillating in various microcavities along trunks or branches to form multipoint lasing from Fabry‐Pérot (F‐P) mode with a quality factor up to 990 and the low threshold at around 3.78 MW cm−2. The corresponding fluorescent microscope images further demonstrate the formation of multipoint F‐P lasing at various segments. The theoretical simulation indicates that implanted Sn nanoparticles work as hot point to enhance the confinement of light around the Sn centers. The existence of surface plasmon from the Sn metal particles is further confirmed by the polarization dependent photoluminescence measurement. The results provide a new way to realize nanolaser arrays.
Probing elemental and molecular structural information with a high spatial resolution is a key bottleneck in determining unknown minerals in the fields of geology and space exploration. Untraditional confocal controlled...
Confocal Raman microscopy (CRM) has found applications in many fields as a consequence of being able to measure molecular fingerprints and characterize samples without the need to employ labelling methods. However, limited spatial resolution has limited its application when identification of sub-micron features in materials is important. Here, we propose a differential correlation-confocal Raman microscopy (DCCRM) method to address this. This new method is based on the correlation product method of Raman scattering intensities acquired when the confocal Raman pinhole is placed at different (defocused) positions either side of the focal plane of the Raman collection lens. By using this correlation product, a significant enhancement in the spatial resolution of Raman mapping can be obtained. Compared with conventional CRM, these are 23.1% and 33.1% in the lateral and axial directions, respectively. We illustrate these improvements using in situ topographic imaging and Raman mapping of graphene, carbon nanotube, and silicon carbide samples. This work can potentially contribute to a better understanding of complex nanostructures in non-real time spectroscopic imaging fields.
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