title: A New Class of Lasing Materials: Intrinsic Stimulated Emission from Nonlinear Optically Active Metal-Organic Frameworks.
abstract: Blue-color stimulated emission with low threshold power is observed from In- and Zn-MOFs, which feature a highly fluorescent chromophore densely packed and rigidly linked to the metal-ion centers in the solid state. The density-of-states and transition dipole moments are calculated and the stimulated emission phenomenon is correlated with these properties.
authors.affiliation: Chair of Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstraße 4, Garching, D-85748, Germany.
authors.forename: Raghavender
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Medishetty
authors.affiliation: Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637371, Singapore.
authors.forename: Venkatram
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nalla
authors.affiliation: Chair of Theoretical Chemistry, Technical University Munich, Lichtenbergstraße 4, D-85748, Garching, Germany.
authors.forename: Lydia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nemec
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Technische Universität Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Str. 6, D-44227, Dortmund, Germany.
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Henke
authors.affiliation: Chair of Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstraße 4, Garching, D-85748, Germany.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.affiliation: Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637371, Singapore.
authors.forename: Handong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Chair of Theoretical Chemistry, Technical University Munich, Lichtenbergstraße 4, D-85748, Garching, Germany.
authors.forename: Karsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Reuter
authors.affiliation: Chair of Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstraße 4, Garching, D-85748, Germany.
authors.forename: Roland A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Fischer
keywords: blue emission; hybrid materials; nonlinear optics; stimulated emission; two-photon excited fluorescence