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Nanolasers generate coherent light at the nanoscale. In the past decade, they have attracted intense interest, because they are more compact, faster and more power-efficient than conventional lasers. Thanks to these capabilities, nanolasers are now an emergent tool for a variety of practical applications. In this Review, we explain the intrinsic merits of nanolasers and assess recent progress on their applications, particularly for optical interconnects, near-field spectroscopy and sensing, optical probing for biological systems and far-field beam synthesis through near-field eigenmode engineering. We highlight the scientific and engineering challenges that remain for forging nanolasers into powerful tools for nanoscience and nanotechnology.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant nos. 11574012, 11774014, 61521004), the Youth 1000 Talents Plan Fund, UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research council (EP/M013812/1), the Leverhulme Trust (RPG-2016-064) and the EU’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (PIRG08-GA-2010-277080).

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