Fengjia, Sasha, Randy, and Kris publish “Continuous-wave lasing in colloidal quantum dot solids enabled by facet-selective epitaxy” in Nature

Co-authors Fengjia Fan, Oleksandr Voznyy, Randy P. Sabatini, and Kristopher T. Bicanic just published a paper in Nature describing continuous wave lasing achieved using biaxially strained quantum dots. You can download the paper here: Download

This discovery has been featured in media articles as outlined below:

  1. Lab Manager: ‘Flying saucer’ quantum dots hold secret to brighter, better lasers
  2. R&D Magazine: ‘Flying Saucer’ Colloidal Quantum Dots Produce Brighter, Better Lasers
  3. Science Newsline Physics & Chemistry: ‘Flying Saucer’ Colloidal Quantum Dots Produce Brighter, Better Lasers
  4. Product Design & Development: ‘Flying Saucer’ Quantum Dots Hold Secret to Better, Brighter Lasers
  5. Health Medicine Network: ‘Flying saucer’ colloidal quantum dots produce brighter, better lasers
  6. Nano Werk: ‘Flying saucer’ quantum dots hold secret to brighter, better lasers
  7. IEEE Spectrum: Flying Saucer Quantum Dots: The Secret to Better, Brighter Lasers
  8. Science Newsline Physics & Chemistry: ‘Flying Saucer’ Quantum Dots Hold Secret to Brighter, Better Lasers
  9. News Wise: ‘Flying Saucer’ Colloidal Quantum Dots Produce Brighter, Better Lasers. Steady state lasing with colloidal quantum dots an important step toward practical lasing technologyews Wise: ‘Flying Saucer’ Quantum Dots Hold Secret to Better, Brighter Lasers
  10. Phys.org: ‘Flying saucer’ quantum dots hold secret to brighter, better lasers
  11. Eurek Alert!: ‘Flying saucer’ quantum dots hold secret to brighter, better lasers. Research team led by U of T Engineering ‘squashes’ the shape of nanoparticles, enabling inexpensive lasers that continuously emit light in a customized rainbow of colors
  12. Nanotechweb.org: Squashed quantum dots solve a multi-faceted problem

 

Sargent Group Graduate Students Host Prospective Students

It was recently Graduate Research Days (GRD) at the University of Toronto this February 23rd – 25th. GRD is an engineering faculty-wide event where prospective students from all over Canada visit the University of Toronto to learn about their departments, meet professors and students, and get tours of the campus. 

This year many of the graduate students in the Sargent group volunteered for GRD attending the networking events, giving student lab tours, and participating in panel discussions. Ted also met with a few enthusiastic and exceptional students to discuss coming to work for the Sargent group. 

A special thank you to the following students! 

  • James
  • Monorina
  • Olivier
  • Phil
  • Rafa
  • Surath
  • Wendi